Industry Segments: ESG Page 8 / 11
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- May 4 2022
520,000 Aussie properties ‘uninsurable’ by 2030: Climate Council
80% of the risk is due to riverine flooding for "high risk" properties.
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- April 28 2022
Chaucer commits to net zero by 2050
The China Re owned firm recently teamed up with Moody's to produce an ESG scorecard.
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- April 26 2022
Axa XL appoints Andrew Vigar as Asia client management leader
Andrew will also be responsible for the firm's ESG agenda in Asia.
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- April 22 2022
Capacity squeeze in coal has pushed rates up by a third in Asia
Asian (re)insurers asked to fill the void as European and US ones move out.
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- March 22 2022
Bridging Asia’s environmental liability insurance gap
Tightening regulations and heightened awareness are driving demand in a complex risk environment.
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- February 11 2022
Chaucer launches new ESG scorecard
The China Re-owned specialty player is teaming up with Moody’s to track ESG metrics.
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- February 10 2022
QBE joins UN’s Net-Zero Insurance Alliance
The insurer has agreed to transition its underwriting portfolio to net-zero by 2050.
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- January 24 2022
Tokio Marine accused of failing climate promises
The Japanese insurer, as well as Chubb and Mapfre, criticised over Brazilian drilling.
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- January 20 2022
AIA Singapore appoints head of ESG
Leong Li Sun is the former corporate sustainability head at United Overseas Bank.
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- December 7 2021
AIA calls time on coal seven years early
The Hong Kong-based life player has also committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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- December 3 2021
APAC (re)insurers score well on ESG
Physical risks are the main sustainability issue affecting the sector despite some governance concerns.
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- November 30 2021
PIC 2021: Green investments key for sustainability
CEOs from China Pacific Life, Manulife, Axa and HSBC Life urged the industry to invest in green finance.
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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 28 2021
Parima 2021: Institutional capital an alternative to traditional capacity
Aon's new Asia CEO cites ability of pension funds and sovereign wealth funds to provide the market with different options.
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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 25 2021
ESG primed for Asia’s insurance mainstream
Sun Life Malaysia has just launched the country’s first investment-linked ESG fund.
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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.
