InsuranceERM survey: CROs take the lead on climate risk management
Survey of UK insurers reveal roles responsible for financial risks arising from climate change
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Survey of UK insurers reveal roles responsible for financial risks arising from climate change
Insurance,Investors,Policy
As wildfires continue to rage in California, utilities can take action that will stop them being part of the problem. Peter Cripps reports
Green Bonds,Insurance,Investors
Industry insured losses from typhoon Hagibis, which devastated large parts of Japan earlier this month,…
Insurance
Japan's three major non-life insurers will not be severely impacted by typhoons Faxai and Hagibis, according…
Insurance
Lloyd’s re/insurer Axis Capital has announced a new thermal coal and oil sands underwriting and investments…
Insurance,Stranded Assets
Deutsche Rückversicherung and VöV Rückversicherung have become signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible…
Insurance,Investors
Swedish mutual insurer Länsförsäkringar has tightened the exclusion threshold for its fossil fuel company…
Carbon,ESG,Equity,Insurance
A Hong-Kong based asset manager plans to launch a green bond fund in November that will make 50% of its…
Green Bonds,Insurance
Strong reception and regulatory shifts to boost market, says AM Best
Green Bonds,Investors,Insurance
US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.
Stranded Assets,Insurance
Europe’s insurers have used regulatory filings to provide detail about how they are transforming their…
ESG,Insurance
Opinion on sustainability in Solvency II acknowledges challenges to integrating climate change risk
Insurance
Delegates at Environmental Finance’s Insurance and Climate Risk Americas conference in New York heard how climate-related legislation is racing up the agenda in the US, Michael Hurley reports
Insurance
Insured losses from Japanese typhoon Faxai could reach between $5 billion and $9 billion, according to…
Insurance
Credit rating agencies have not adequately captured climate risks in their considerations of public sector…
Insurance
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS) has become the first US state financial…
ESG,Policy,Insurance
The newly launched alliance is responsible for $2.4trn in investments
Insurance
Italy’s Generali has become the first EU insurer to issue a “green bond”.
Green Bonds,Insurance
As sustainability makes its way into regulation, the question of capital charges punishing ‘brown’ investments or incentivising ‘green’ investments has come to the fore. While regulators are asking for risk-based evidence, stakeholders are not all in agreement on how to proceed. Vincent Huck reports
Policy,Insurance
The application of insurance-wrapped debt to renewable-energy project financing is likely to emerge as a valuable addition to the green capital markets toolkit, writes Keith Mullin
Renewables,Insurance
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Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports
Is managed decline the only way?