Archive

  • Climate change impacts asset value, UN study finds

    13 August 2018

    Insurers increasingly ESG screen their investments, but even the value of their favoured asset is at risk

  • Munich Re tightens coal divestment policy

    06 August 2018

    The CEO of Munich Re has announced a new climate and divestment policy for the German reinsurer, in a guest article for German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

  • Environmental group targets UK insurers over climate risk management

    06 August 2018

    Three major UK insurers have been accused of failing to take into account climate risks in their business models by environmental pressure group ClientEarth.

  • German insurers warn against ESG goals diluting Solvency II

    01 August 2018

    German insurers have warned the European Commission (EC) against formulating inflexible rules around ESG investing as part of its 'action plan' for boosting such allocations.

  • Don't regulate us on climate change, say insurers

    27 July 2018

    Watchdogs should not create a separate sphere of rules for insurers to combat the risks of climate change, underwriters have told the peak global supervisory association.

  • Insurers face potential screening by San Francisco for coal and tar sands involvement

    27 July 2018

    City's supervisors approved resolution urging action to be done

  • Allianz Global Investors buys wind farms in France

    27 July 2018

    The firm seeks to expand its Allianz Renewable Energy Fund II

  • Zurich eyes infrastructure for its $5bn impact investment strategy

    02 July 2018

    Zurich Insurance's impact investment strategy is about to trial new ground. The insurer said last week that it would explore the potential of infrastructure investments as part of its $5 billion impact commitment.

  • Swiss Re sets thermal coal re/insurance threshold

    02 July 2018

    Swiss Re will, from today, no longer provide re/insurance services to businesses with more than 30% exposure to thermal coal. The group already applies the same 30% threshold to the asset side of its balance sheet.

  • 73% of German insurers' investments are 'sustainable'

    27 June 2018

    Almost half want to make more ESG allocations