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Allianz to stop investing in coal completely by 2040
04 May 2018German insurer Allianz has announced it will phase out investments in the coal sector completely by 2040.
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Scor raises €1bn of third-party assets in 2017
09 April 2018Scor Investment Partners, the asset management arm of Scor, raised €1bn ($1.2bn) of assets from external institutional investors in 2017, the company said today.
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French insurers welcome EC sustainable investment proposals
12 March 2018"FFA joins growing support for EC paper"
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Insurers' third-party coal assets attacked by environmentalists
08 February 2018With some firms withdrawing their own investments from coal-related businesses, environmentalists are pressuring insurers to act on third-party assets. Cintia Cheong reports
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Zurich limits coal exposure in investment and underwriting
15 November 2017Third major firm to do so after Axa and Scor
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Scor sets new benchmark for coal divestment
06 September 2017Won't invest in companies with more than 30% of turnover from coal
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Scor pauses portfolio rebalancing as markets become uncertain
27 July 2017Portfolio shrinks on currency rate moves
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Aviva offloads over £1bn bonds and shares in tobacco firms
21 June 2017Joins Scor and Axa's drive to limit investment, citing threat to public health
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Axa and Scor lead tobacco control investor group
31 May 2017Insurers follow up on their recent divestment policies by encouraging greater regulation of the tobacco industry
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'Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action'
05 May 2017Axa and Vivat's investment arms recently announced coal exclusion policies, while Axa also committed to stop underwriting coal projects – could this be a model for the rest of the industry? Peter Bosshard from anti-fossil fuel NGO the Sunrise Project comments.