insurance

Insurance giant's stress test of 48 major economies finds climate impacts are on course to make world trillions of dollars poorer

Reinsurance giants revs up coal phase-out as it pledges to reduce carbon intensity of equity and corporate bond portfolios by 35 per cent by 2025

Insurance giant confirms it will divest from major coal producers without accredited climate plans by the end of next year

A new review of the climate disclosures of some of the world's biggest insurance firms has identified "significant improvements" in the incorporation of climate change considerations into investment and underwriting strategies

Proposals aim to offer households discounted insurance premiums alongside additional funds to make their homes more resilient

Insurance giant warns 'it is time to act' in order to curb growing costs of climate change

Most costly floods, windstorms, tropical cyclones and fires in 2020 killed thousands of people across the globe and displaced millions, charity finds

Schroders' Gavin Ralston looks at how insurance investors have handled the Covid-19 crisis, their return expectations, and how they view sustainability

Insurance giant sets out wide-ranging new sustainability strategy designed to curb investment in fossil fuel infrastructure, but campaigners argue faster timetable is required

Climate campaigners welcome proposal, but warn sector's net zero pledges are meaningless unless insurers end coverage for carbon intensive fossil fuel projects in the near-term