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  • Do insurers care about the Sustainable Development Goals?

    13 July 2020

    The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are meant to be the "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". So why aren't insurers taking an active role in pursuing them? Paul Walsh reports

  • Australian insurers' bushfire bill hits A$2.3bn

    13 July 2020

    Fire was large part of A$5.3bn natcat insured damage last summer

  • User guide to climate-related financial disclosures launched

    10 July 2020

    Collaboration between IFoA and the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

  • Major storms drive 10-fold rise in claims for Flood Re

    08 July 2020

    Flood Re has also highlighted the global challenge of climate change

  • CNP Assurances plans to exit thermal coal by 2030 in EU

    07 July 2020

    French insurer will fully divest from coal by 2040

  • PRA sets deadline for UK firms to embed climate risk management

    01 July 2020

    Sam Woods called for "fully embedded" approaches to managing climate-related financial risks

  • Talanx quits insuring Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline

    30 June 2020

    Munich Re's support is also in doubt, say climate activists

  • The insurance industry's climate change leaders

    30 June 2020

    Christopher Cundy introduces InsuranceERM's list of the people leading and shaping the insurance sector's response to climate change

  • Climate Financial Risk Forum unveils industry guidance

    29 June 2020

    The Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority co-chair the forum

  • Singapore outlines expectations of insurers tackling climate change

    26 June 2020

    The consultation follows a similar exercise by Eiopa