insurance

French capital passes motion calling on world's biggest insurance companies to ditch coal, as ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's also launches new divestment campaign

New investment strategy will put the insurance giant in a "leadership position" on climate, company claims

Firm follows other big UK and European insurers by excluding coal companies from 1 April

But existing global risk protection gap of $1.7tr may open up many new opportunities for insurers, according to the ClimateWise network of insurance firms

Syria, China's ETS, insurers' coal divestment and the Catholic Church: BusinessGreen rounds up all the latest news from the sidelines of the UN climate summit yesterday

The US has suffered 15 separate billion-dollar extreme weather events so far this year, as Lloyd's bank chairman warns businesses and governments are under-insured against climate change

How Swiss Re, the world's second-largest reinsurer, is shifting its entire $130bn portfolio towards ethical indices

Insurance supervisors from 15 countries throw support behind voluntary guidelines, declaring climate change is 'one of the most serious long-term challenges for the insurance sector'

AXA's CSR chief Alice Steenland explains why the insurance and investment giant AXA decided to tackle CO2 in its investments long before making the RE100 pledge for its own operations

First ever Climetrics climate impact rating for private equity and exchange traded funds launches, as BlackRock exceeds $1bn fundraising target for clean energy fund