Industry Segments: Environment Page 3 / 5
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- November 18 2021
APAC insurers should curb coal to avoid legal threat: Moody’s
Climate change-linked lawsuits against companies in carbon intensive industries have increased in recent years.
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- October 27 2021
Parima 2021: PPPs make green energy projects viable
Insurers say renewable business lines have struggled with profitability for many years.
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- October 19 2021
Beazley readies Lloyd’s ESG syndicate-in-a-box
It is designed to offer additional capacity to businesses that perform well against ESG metrics.
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- October 18 2021
Shinhan Life joins net-zero climate push
Commitment to limit emissions of underwriting portfolio is first for an Asian insurer and comes ahead of COP26.
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- October 4 2021
Tokio Marine backs out of thermal coal mining projects
Japan's top three P&C insurers had already stopped underwriting new coal power projects.
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- September 15 2021
Renewable energy risks climb in Asia: Lloyd’s webinar
Solar and wind farms are more susceptible to nat cats than traditional forms of energy.
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- September 1 2021
Lloyd’s Asia eyes ESG, tech improvements: webinar
New underwriting guidelines on coal and oil sands come alongside an increased focus on digital claims.
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- August 26 2021
Asia energy rates feel the heat from oil prices, ESG and Covid
Lloyd's players highlight a moderate to stable market that has seen some double-digit increases.
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- August 19 2021
Asia’s marine (re)insurers face ESG challenge
Retrofitting vessels to meet more stringent fuel standards creates new risk management challenges.
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- July 22 2021
China and Europe floods a wake up call for (re)insurers
The historic downpours highlight the need for more localised data and early-warning systems.
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- July 16 2021
Hong Kong sustainable finance group unveils priorities
The carbon and risk initiative involves participation from the HKFI, Target Insurance and QBE HK.
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- July 14 2021
X-Press Pearl’s owners pay initial US$3.6m claim
Sri Lanka's government is looking for US$40m to compensate for environmental damage.
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- May 11 2021
Q&A: Canopius’ Mark Newman on environmental risk and ILS
The APAC chief executive also discussed the impact of Covid-19 on the Lloyd’s market in Asia.
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- April 1 2021
Environmental liability insurance creating opportunities: Fitch
ESG considerations for Asian (re)insurers are creating an underwriting priority reset.
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- March 30 2021
Navigating marine risks as more containers lost at sea
Today, the largest containership in the world has a capacity of 24,000 TEU.
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- March 1 2021
Asia insurers’ ESG efforts won’t impact profitability, ratings: Fitch
Regulators have only just started to see sustainability as a priority, a senior analyst at the agency tells IAN.
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- December 29 2020
Japan’s insurers to ramp up ESG exposure in 2021
Nippon Life to introduce ESG criteria for its entire investment portfolio in April.
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- December 10 2020
MAS issues environmental risk framework for insurers
Guidelines issued as Singapore seeks to be a global center for green finance.
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- November 25 2020
AIA conducting coal portfolio review as critics take aim
Climate groups say the Hong Kong life player’s policies do not go far enough.
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- November 13 2020
Samsung insurers advance Korea ESG momentum
The life and P&C units have issued a "coal-free declaration."
