Archive

• European insurers and affiliate join water-risk research project

  13 November 2023

  Bridge scheme follows up findings of Ceres Valuing Water Finance Initiative benchmark

• US insurers fossil fuel holdings revealed

  08 August 2023

  In new report questioning the dichotomy between underwriting and investment policies

• Absence of US insurers in global climate initiative eye-opening

  04 October 2019

  Climate Action 100+ releases first progress report as pressure on climate-aware investing grows

• Updated palm oil principle a "great signal" for investors

  21 November 2018

  Insurers who lobbied for ESG integration in draft standards remain coy to comment

• Tensions flare between Exxon and its shareholders over climate disclosures

  01 November 2018

  A decade of shareholder engagement at Exxon seem to have gone down the drain as the company now faces a lawsuit for misleading investors. While insurers were quick to broadcast their role in exercising shareholder powers, they are now found coy to comment. Adam Leach reports

• US not changing on climate

  25 October 2018

  New York, US. The US insurance industry has been a laggard when it comes to embracing investments to mitigate climate change. Many insurers remain suspicious of the need for it unlike their European counterparts. It is a deeply divisive, political issue, according to professionals. Sarfraz Thind reports

• US insurers warned about carbon asset risk

  24 May 2016

  Group of investors recommends how insurers should deal with carbon asset risk