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Nippon Life sets 30% earnings contribution target from foreign business

Japanese wants to buy Resolution Life and MLC outright in separate deals

ISSB and EU pledge to minimise the sustainability reporting overload

European firms will have to comply with both EU and IFRS sustainability disclosure standards from their 2024 annual reports. But the two standard-setters have promised to be as harmonised as possible, as Joshua Geer reports

Insurers face levelling up from ISSB's global sustainability disclosure standards

The standards aim to create a common language for companies

Nature risks "neglected" in insurer underwriting

A "nature-positive" focus would improve the robustness of the insurance sector, according to a report

Global sustainability disclosure standards set to have insurance-specific requirements

Moody's Analytics comments on standards expected to be issued by the end of this year

Risk Officers' Sustainability Forum hosts panel on "ESG theory to practice"

UN group develops ESG risks guide for life and health insurers

Guide is being created by UNEP PSI and HSBC Life

Net-zero underwriting tools are at "nascent" state

ClimateWise report reviews the options available for insurers

Rising expectations: how supervisors are acting on climate change

Anna Sweeney explains how global supervisors are collaborating in order to help insurers grasp the implications of climate change - and improve the sector's response to the risk

Close remaining coal loopholes, climate activists tell Tokio Marine

The Japanese insurer has updated its coal policy for underwriting and investment activities