Coal business resorts to "haphazard coalition" of insurers as giants retract
Financiers and governments at risk if they accept inexperienced underwriters, says Insure Our Future
Insurance,Stranded Assets
Results for QBE
Financiers and governments at risk if they accept inexperienced underwriters, says Insure Our Future
Insurance,Stranded Assets
The European benchmark price for carbon allowances hit a record high in November, but only one insurer acknowledges investing in them and others seem coy, so far, to deep their toes in, as Vincent Huck finds out.
Asia Pacific,Carbon,Insurance
The UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has urged development finance institutions (DFIs)…
Asia Pacific,Debt,ESG Data,Equity,Investment,Policy
Anti-coal campaigners aiming to stop development of the Australian Carmichael coal mine have targeted…
Insurance
Fund reached a AUD 6m first close
IMPACT
Australia's QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has become a signatory of the UN Global Compact.
ESG,Insurance
QBE has almost reached its goal of $1 billion in impact investments by next year, using its Premiums4Good…
IMPACT,Insurance
Re/insurers around the world should limit their support for oil and gas projects and have until mid-September…
Insurance
Westpac has committed to exit its funding of thermal coal firms by 2030 and to align its financing business…
Debt,Equity
Shareholders coordinated by campaign group Market Forces and investment manager Australian Ethical have…
Insurance
Australian firm QBE Insurance has reported climate change could result in premiums becoming "unaffordable"…
Carbon,Equity,Policy
People
Insurer Scor has strengthened its coal exclusion policies, but it still falls short of alignment with…
Carbon,Investment,Insurance
Talanx Group, the parent firm of Hanover Re, is the latest in the growing ranks of insurers to distance…
Investment,Renewables,Insurance
Australian insurer QBE will target zero direct investment in the thermal coal industry by 1 July 2019,…
Insurance
A group of leaders and senior executives at Australia’s major banks, superannuation funds and insurance…
ESG,Investment,Policy
Suncorp has been identified by Sustainalytics as the best-positioned property and casualty insurers to…
ESG,Insurance
QBE has set a goal to grow its impact investment portfolio to $1bn by 2021, tripling its previous minimum…
Investment,Insurance
Asia-Pacific firms fare slightly better; Swiss Re and Axa earn top marks
Insurance
The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has announced a partnership with 16 of the…
ESG,Investment,Insurance