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  • Zurich raises impact investment commitment to $5bn

    23 November 2017

    Zurich Insurance Group has more than doubled its impact investment target to $5 billion, as it broadens its remit beyond green bonds.

  • Axa calls for TCFD to be made mandatory

    20 November 2017

    Financial disclosures on climate risk should become mandatory – as they are in France, according to an executive from insurance giant Axa.

  • InsuResilience set to deploy $550m

    16 November 2017

    An international initiative that aims to provide insurance to 400 million poor and vulnerable people by 2020 has announced additional funding and signed up new partners.

  • Swiss Re expects claims of $3.6bn from hurricanes and earthquakes

    23 October 2017

    Swiss Re has said its claims burden from recent US hurricanes and Mexican earthquakes will be $3.6 billion, the highest estimate from any underwriter except for the Lloyd's of London market.

  • Axa IMRA expands forestry portfolio with Finnish acquisition

    17 October 2017

    Deal forms part of firm's responsible investment strategy

  • ESG benchmarks are "ultimate step" for responsible investors

    09 October 2017

    The "ultimate step" for an asset owner looking to integrate sustainability concerns into their investments decisions should be the adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmarks, Swiss Re has argued.

  • Insured losses from Hurricane Maria could reach $85 billion, says AIR

    26 September 2017

    Insured losses inflicted by Hurricane Maria will be between $40 billion and $85 billion, according to catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide.

  • Insurers' three priorities to help meet SDGs

    10 August 2017

    The insurance sector should focus on three priority areas to help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a report argues.

  • Insurers shamed in ongoing criticism of coal industry investments

    04 August 2017

    Munich Re, Swiss Re, Allianz, Generali and Zurich's exposure to coal exposed

  • Swiss Re dives into coral reef insurance in Mexico

    24 July 2017

    Covers commercially important resource on Caribbean coast