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  • With a watered-down NZIA, where do insurers' climate commitments stand?

    16 August 2023

    After six of the eight founding members left the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance, Joshua Geer investigates if their ambitions stand

  • Allianz departed NZIA to protect shareholders, says CEO

    10 August 2023

    Giulio Terzariol says climate objectives can be achieved without threat to fiduciary duty

  • NZIA ditches all emissions targets for insurers

    06 July 2023

    The alliance's target setting protocol will now act as a voluntary best practice guide

  • Aviva chief Amanda Blanc blames "political crossfire" for NZIA exodus

    05 July 2023

    She also called on insurers to double down on climate transition plans

  • Axa sets decarbonisation targets for P&C portfolios

    29 June 2023

    Move comes despite withdrawal from Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

  • Swiss Re exits Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

    22 May 2023

    Fourth major re/insurer to quit the coalition aimed at reducing underwriting emissions

  • US state attorneys general warn NZIA members over legality concerns

    19 May 2023

    The attorneys general said commitments have led to negative effects in various US states

  • Climate alliances crumbled by anti-woke politics

    01 May 2023

    The unravelling of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance owes a lot to right-wing US politics, where ESG and climate action is seen as a threat to business, as Sarfraz Thind discovers

  • COMMENT: The NZIA hits the antitrust minefield

    05 April 2023

    Christopher Cundy considers the fate of the insurance sector's leading initiative on net-zero emissions

  • InsuranceERM's top stories of 2022

    30 December 2022

    Christopher Cundy, Ronan McCaughey, Sarfraz Thind, Paul Walsh and Joshua Geer review the key developments that shaped the insurance market in 2022 - and share their outlooks for 2023