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  • Climate and sustainability alert: Climate continues to creep into conferences

    10 December 2025

    InsuranceERM rounds up the climate and sustainability news from the past month

  • Insurers weigh COP30's mixed politics and rising urgency

    28 November 2025

    COP30 may not have delivered progress on key issues, but insurers speaking to Joshua Geer say a revealing story unfolded across the pavilion circuit, where concerns over insurability and transition credibility were sharpened

  • Campaigners urge EU Commission to enforce Solvency II fossil fuel charges

    11 February 2025

    Omission from Commission's 2025 work plan is causing concern

  • Insurers excluding deep sea mining coverage amid sustainability risks - UPDATED

    20 December 2024

    Four re/insurers have so far excluded the practice of deep sea mining

  • Insurance regulation lags banking in sustainability efforts

    16 October 2024

    WWF publishes its 2024 sustainable finance regulation report

  • Regulatory action lags behind nature crisis threatening economy, says WWF

    17 July 2024

    The NGO publishes its deforestation guide for regulators, central banks and supervisors

  • California's big climate show

    18 April 2024

    California last week hosted a major summit on the insurance sector's response to climate change. The impressive list of attendees suggests a willingness to talk on this crucial of matters. Sarfraz Thind, Joshua Geer and Ronan McCaughey report

  • Japanese insurers lead on TNFD early adoption, while Europe lags behind - UPDATED

    19 January 2024

    The full list of the nature disclosure framework's first adopters has been announced

  • Insurance supervision on environmental and social risks labelled very weak

    18 December 2023

    The WWF publishes its findings on insurance supervision

  • WWF talks insurance: it's not just for pandas anymore

    06 October 2023

    WWF's head of sustainable finance, Amandine Favier, sits down with Joshua Geer to explain why the NGO is working with insurers and her expectations for the industry