Archive

  • Munich Re tightens coal underwriting and divestment policies

    07 August 2018

    No more re/insurance for coal mines and power plants in developed countries

  • Insurers face potential screening by San Francisco for coal and tar sands involvement

    26 July 2018

    City's supervisors approved resolution urging action to be done

  • Munich Re defends coal practice

    09 July 2018

    Firm has no threshold for coal underwriting but assesses all risks

  • Swiss Re sets thermal coal re/insurance threshold

    02 July 2018

    Firm won’t protect businesses with more than 30% exposure

  • Insurers caught in crossfire of Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline

    31 May 2018

    Unfriend Coal has urged insurers to stop backing tar sands projects

  • Allianz to ditch coal completely by 2040

    04 May 2018

    Firm stops insuring single coal-fired power plants or coal mines immediately and lowers investment threshold gradually

  • The beginning of the end for coal investment and underwriting

    19 April 2018

    Insurers have made efforts to disengage themselves from the coal industry on both sides of the balance sheet, but climate activists say they could do more. Cintia Cheong wraps up the latest developments

  • Climate lawyers pressure Lloyd's to get tough on coal

    26 February 2018

    Increase capital requirement for syndicates with exposure to coal, say environmentalists

  • Generali defends coal underwriting practice

    22 February 2018

    Exposure is 'minimal', says insurer

  • Environmentalists slam insurers for backing Polish coal plants

    08 February 2018

    We have no say in third-party assets, insurers claim