Archive

  • Allianz announces net-zero transition plan and environmentalists label it "ambitious"

    07 September 2023

    The German insurance group targets a 30% carbon emissions reduction in its motor segment

  • Environmental NGOs criticise Parliament's latest Solvency II proposals

    05 July 2023

    No higher risk charges for fossil fuels, but mandatory transition plans are recommended

  • NZIA's underwriting emissions protocols "open door to greenwashing"

    10 November 2022

    Insurers must take responsibility for Scope 3 emissions, says the Sunrise Project

  • Munich Re to refuse coverage for new oil and gas fields

    06 October 2022

    Joins Hannover Re and Swiss Re in halting support for fossil fuel expansion

  • Allianz tightens oil and gas policy

    03 May 2022

    Policy commendable but falls short on gas, says activist

  • Munich Re cuts ties with East African crude oil

    06 April 2022
  • Hannover Re rejects African oil pipeline

    28 March 2022

    The German reinsurer follows Swiss Re, Axa, Zurich and Scor in boycotting the project

  • Europe's insurance giants unite for Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

    12 July 2021

    Climate campaigners unite in qualified praise for net-zero coalition

  • Allianz tightens coal restrictions further

    04 May 2021

    The insurer will also exclude oil-sands based companies based on a set of criteria

  • Insurers urged to cease underwriting new gas infrastructure

    11 March 2021

    Climate activist group says LNG is not a clean alternative energy