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Global insurers partner with UN and WWF
21 January 2019Plan is to develop industry guide to protect World Heritage Sites through insurers’ risk management, insurance and investment activities
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UN’s environmental agency launches insurers group
13 November 2018To develop climate risk assessment tools
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Sompo Japan's hunt for yield takes it to US corporate debt
07 November 2017Sompo Japan Nipponkoa will increase its exposure to US corporate bonds in a bid to improve investment returns, which have been hamstrung by the persistently low yields on Japanese and other government bonds.
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Mapfre subscribes to UN's Responsible Investment Principles
09 May 2017List of insurance signatories grows as pressure mounts on industry to invest responsibly
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Munich Re's VC arm leads $45m insurtech funding
07 April 2017Japanese insurer Sompo and Australian firm Suncorp join funding round
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Alternatives shine for Lloyd's syndicates
05 April 2017Following the insights gleaned on rising manager fees and falling yields for Lloyd's syndicates, David Walker shines light on the well-performing fraction of alternative investments made by the sector in 2015.