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insurance

Risk

Climate impacts to scythe 18 per cent off global GDP by 2050, Swiss Re warns

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

clock 22 April 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

Swiss Re plots global exit from coal by 2040

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

clock 16 March 2021 • 4 min read

Investment

Aviva Investors unveils wave of fossil fuel exclusion policies and net zero pledge

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

clock 01 March 2021 • 3 min read

Management

Study: Insurance firms deliver 'significant improvements' to climate-related disclosures through 2020

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

clock 17 February 2021 • 3 min read

Policy

Defra steps up home flood insurance measures amid storm warnings and evacuations

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

clock 01 February 2021 • 3 min read

Risk

Natural disaster damages hit $210bn worldwide in 2020, Munich Re estimates

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

clock 08 January 2021 • 3 min read

Climate change

'Disastrous extremes': Christian Aid catalogues $145bn cost of 2020 weather disasters

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

clock 29 December 2020 • 3 min read

Investment

How has the crisis affected insurance investors?

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

clock 21 December 2020 • 5 min read

Investment

Lloyd's of London promises to end investment in coal, oil sands, and Arctic exploration

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

clock 17 December 2020 • 4 min read

Risk

'Net Zero Underwriting Alliance': Axa boss proposes new climate alliance for insurance sector

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

clock 14 December 2020 • 3 min read
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