Results for Insurance
California's Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has been threatened with US lawsuits for his efforts to act on climate-related risks. Undeterred, he hopes his work can now drive international action, he tells Michael Hurley
Policy,Insurance
Global economic losses from disasters plunged to $36 billion in the first half of 2018 from $64 billion…
Investors,Policy,Insurance
Insurers increasingly ESG screen their investments, but even the value of their favoured asset is at…
Insurance
The CEO of Munich Re has announced a new climate and divestment policy for the German reinsurer, in a…
Stranded Assets,Insurance
Three major UK insurers have been accused of failing to take into account climate risks in their business…
Insurance
Insurers have a great deal of experience modelling natural catastrophes and this expertise will be core to how the sector copes with climate change risk. But transferring the knowledge is not straightforward, and getting the right data to the right people remains a struggle, as participants discuss in part one of this two-part roundtable from InsuranceERM and DWS.
Insurance
German insurers have warned the European Commission (EC) against formulating inflexible rules around…
Investors,Policy,Insurance
Watchdogs should not create a separate sphere of rules for insurers to combat the risks of climate change,…
Investors,Insurance
City's supervisors approved resolution urging action to be done
Insurance
The firm seeks to expand its Allianz Renewable Energy Fund II
Insurance
Zurich Insurance's impact investment strategy is about to trial new ground. The insurer said last week…
ESG,Investors,Insurance
Swiss Re will, from today, no longer provide re/insurance services to businesses with more than 30% exposure…
ESG,Investors,Insurance
Almost half want to make more ESG allocations
Insurance
Japan Post Insurance, a life insurance company within the Japan Post Group, was the sole investor in…
Green Bonds,Insurance
Insurance giant Swiss Re, which in July 2017 committed to using benchmarks based on environmental, social…
ESG,Investors,Insurance
Insurance Industry Development Goals cover risk management, insurance and investment activities
Insurance
Hannover Re is set to become the latest reinsurer to sell some of its coal-related investments.
Stranded Assets,Insurance
Insurers say they can find financial value in ESG investing, but they have to be wise to investments that don't deliver on their stated goals. And while ESG can mean different things to different stakeholders, a push for standardisation is not always welcome, according to panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's 2018 EMEA conference. Vincent Huck reports
Equity,Investors,Insurance
SwissRe last year disrobed two green bonds of their green label because it was unhappy with their sustainability…
Green Bonds,Insurance
Japanese insurer Nippon Life has launched a JPY5bn ($45.5m) equity fund that invests according to the…
Insurance
Fixed Income and ESG, featuring the Green Bonds Europe conference
Green Bonds Asia
Water: Risk, Opportunity and Sustainability 2018
Green Bond Symposium: Financing America's Fight Against Climate Change
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?