Archive

  • How insurers can regain climate leadership

    25 October 2021

    Everyone needs to go beyond their comfort zones if the Paris Agreement goals are to be met. Peter Bosshard has four suggestions for insurers

  • Swiss Re strikes $10m carbon removal partnership with Climeworks

    25 August 2021

    The agreement will help Swiss Re towards its goal of reaching net-zero emissions

  • MS&AD tightens coal policy

    28 June 2021

    It follows similar announcements by four Korean insurers

  • Axa calls for UN climate underwriting alliance

    14 December 2020

    Climate campaigners welcome initiative with caution

  • Reinsurers urged to consider carbon tax on underwriting

    18 September 2020

    Swiss Re's approach to lower operational emissions is well-rounded but not enough, says Peter Bosshard

  • The insurance industry's climate change leaders

    30 June 2020

    Christopher Cundy introduces InsuranceERM's list of the people leading and shaping the insurance sector's response to climate change

  • Re/insurers face wider scrutiny from climate activists

    18 June 2020

    Unfriend Coal becomes Insure Our Future to cover all fossil fuels

  • European re/insurers the biggest supporters of Canadian tar sands pipeline

    14 May 2020

    Lloyd's syndicates have the greatest exposure to Trans Mountain project, while Zurich's overall support doubles in a year

  • Conservation activists raise pressure on Australian insurer community

    04 March 2020

    Marsh and QBE face pressure over mines and dams

  • COMMENT: What will 2020 bring for coal insurance?

    15 January 2020

    Peter Bosshard, coordinator of the Unfriend Coal campaign, comments on the growing withdrawal from coal underwriting