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  • Report reveals top insurers of US coal

    28 September 2023

    Global insurers AIG, Liberty Mutual, Lloyd's of London, Swiss Re and Zurich are among the top insurers of US coal mining, according to findings from Insure Our Future and Public Citizen.

  • Coal business resorts to "haphazard coalition" of insurers as giants retract

    10 June 2022

    Financiers and governments at risk if they accept inexperienced underwriters, says Insure Our Future

  • US insurers still behind Europeans on climate scorecard

    04 November 2021

    Insure Our Future identifies major climate and fossil fuel laggards

  • Insurance Risk & Capital Americas Conference recap

    22 October 2020

    The conference content is available for one more month!

  • Mitigating climate risk needs insurance regulators 'to get tough'

    28 September 2020

    Insurance regulators have been urged to take a hard-line approach for insurers on climate risk management.

  • Insurers' oil and gas activities to be next under spotlight

    18 June 2020

    Re/insurers around the world should limit their support for oil and gas projects and have until mid-September to explain the measures they are taking to reduce exposure to the sector, according to environmental NGOs.

  • NYC pension fund calls on insurers to divest from coal

    27 April 2020

    The New York City Comptroller, who oversees the city's $218 billion pension fund, has called on three major US insurers to stop insuring and divest from coal.

  • What will 2020 bring for coal insurance?

    15 January 2020

    The year ahead could see new insurers join the industry's shift away from coal, says Peter Bosshard.

  • Environmentalists slam US insurers for backing coal

    03 December 2018

    Asia-Pacific firms fare slightly better; Swiss Re and Axa earn top marks

  • US insurers 'turning blind eye to climate change'

    21 October 2016

    Many US insurers are still turning a blind eye to climate change, with less than 20% attaining high scores for their climate risk reporting, a study has warned.