BlackRock insurance report sees green bonds surge within larger ESG uptake
Insurers are expected to boost green bond investments in the next five years, as a majority has adopted…
Debt,ESG,Green Bonds,Investors
Results for Swiss Re
Insurers are expected to boost green bond investments in the next five years, as a majority has adopted…
Debt,ESG,Green Bonds,Investors
Investors with a combined $6.24 trillion in assets have publicly committed to divest from fossil fuels,…
Investors,Stranded Assets,Insurance
Last year's spate of severe natural catastrophes caused Europe's non-life insurers cumulatively to make…
Insurance
Global economic losses from disasters plunged to $36 billion in the first half of 2018 from $64 billion…
Investors,Policy,Insurance
The CEO of Munich Re has announced a new climate and divestment policy for the German reinsurer, in a…
Stranded Assets,Insurance
Growing pressure on companies and investors to disclose the potential impact of climate-change could lead to more use of weather risk management contracts, some analysts believe. Graham Cooper reports
Insurance giant Swiss Re, which in July 2017 committed to using benchmarks based on environmental, social…
ESG,Investors,Insurance
Hannover Re is set to become the latest reinsurer to sell some of its coal-related investments.
Stranded Assets,Insurance
The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.
Investors
Aviva has become the latest insurer slammed by the Unfriend Coal network, a coalition of non-governmental…
Investors,Stranded Assets,Insurance
The world’s biggest insurer, Allianz, said it will turn its back on coal by 2040, both in its underwriting…
Stranded Assets,Insurance
Insurers have made efforts to disengage themselves from the coal industry on both sides of the balance sheet, but climate activists say they could do more. Cintia Cheong and Nick Roumpis examine the latest developments
Stranded Assets,Insurance
Insured losses arising from natural disasters soared to $138 billion last year, almost three-times as…
Investors,Policy,Water
The first ever parametric insurance policy for a coral reef has been developed by The Nature Conservancy…
Insurance
Generali will ramp up its green investments and divest from coal as part of its new climate change strategy.
Carbon,Investors,Insurance
Allianz, Munich Re and Generali have been criticised for their involvement in a new coal power plant…
Stranded Assets,Insurance
Lloyd's of London will implement its coal exclusion policy for future investments from 1 April
Insurance
Swiss Re could be the next insurer to stop underwriting some coal projects, Environmental Finance understands,…
Policy,Insurance
Concerns about climate change are influencing the underwriting and investment policies of a growing number of insurance companies, finds Graham Cooper
ESG,Insurance
Demand for protection against adverse wind conditions hitting wind power generators' revenues could soar…
Investors,Policy,Renewables
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?