Industry Segments: Environment Page 1 / 1
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- July 29 2019
Suncorp to phase out coal underwriting
The Ossie major has set a deadline of 2025.
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- July 4 2019
Is the market showing its climate change mettle?
A warming world is an opportunity for the insurance community to show its worth.
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- July 3 2019
Chubb places 30% revenue cap on coal risks
The US-headquartered global insurer is joining a growing trend in the market.
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- June 27 2019
Zurich makes carbon and coal pledge
Global insurer to reduce capacity for companies involved with coal.
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- June 24 2019
Adani’s coal mine obtains cover despite backlash
The controversial Carmichael project in Queensland has insurance despite majors vowing to stay away.
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- May 13 2019
Allianz aims for carbon-neutral investments by 2050
The German giant is taking action to help slowdown global warming.
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- April 26 2019
Asia wind projects face capacity constraints
Risks will need to be managed carefully as the region invests in rapid expansion of wind power.
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- April 1 2019
QBE to curtail thermal coal risks by 2030
Australian firm is the latest insurance firm to plan to stop underwriting coal.
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- March 14 2019
Zurich’s portfolio avoids 3.4m tons of CO2
The Swiss insurer has been monitoring its green investments with BlackRock.
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- March 8 2019
Modelling wildfires
With bushfires ravaging Australia once again, insurers are asking if machine learning can help to model the risk.
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- February 1 2019
Greening insurance
The greening of the insurance market is an important and necessary step to averting a climate catastrophe.
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- January 22 2019
How is climate change fuelling Asia’s storms?
InsuranceAsia News examines the impact of climate change on 2018's weather events in Asia.
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- January 17 2019
Business interruption scenarios advancing in complexity
Connected economies are leading to a more complex risk environment according to Allianz's Risk Barometer.
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- November 13 2018
Generali to turn away new coal clients
The Italian global insurer has joined some of its competitors in shunning the fossil fuel.
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- June 29 2018
Plugging the gaps in environmental risk
Traditional risk management techniques are leaving companies exposed to financial and reputational risks.
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- December 1 2017
Racing to beat climate change
Insurers are divided on how climate change will affect the industry overall.
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- June 13 2017
China mulls pollution liability insurance
CIRC intends to make insurance compulsory for firms that fall under eight categories, such as fossil fuel extraction.
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- June 9 2017
Insurers warn on climate risk
But the industry as a whole could do more to mitigate the challenges it faces from global warming.
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- June 7 2017
XL Catlin launches real estate environmental solution
The policy is designed to help property portfolio owners, investors and Reits deal with environmental liabilities.
