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With a watered-down NZIA, where do insurers' climate commitments stand?

After six of the eight founding members left the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance, Joshua Geer investigates if their ambitions stand

Axa chief: NZIA disintegration marks 'a sad chapter'

Axa's chief executive Thomas Buberl has described the exodus of insurers - including Axa - from the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) "as a sad chapter".

NZIA ditches all emissions targets for insurers

The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) has scrapped all requirements for member firms to set and publish emissions reduction targets following a mass exodus of members in recent months.

Beneva becomes first North American insurer to join NZIA amid turbulence

NZIA's underwriting emissions protocols open door to greenwashing

The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance's (NZIA) protocols for decarbonising underwriting portfolios must include Scope 3 emissions targets, otherwise it could "open the door to greenwashing", said leading climate campaigner Peter Bosshard.

NZIA launches methodology for insurers to hit net-zero goals

The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) has launched a public consultation on how its member firms will reach their goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG)...

NZIA defines metric for insurers' net-zero targets

The UN-convened Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) has explained its thinking on the best metric for setting insurers "robust targets"...

Tokio Marine joins Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

Physical risks from warming a "prudential issue" for Asia's regulators, says Japan's FSA

GFANZ calls on G20 to restructure financial system

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has called on the G20 to green the global financial system

Carney criticised for 'greenwashing' net-zero financial firm alliance

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has been criticised by more than 90 non-governmental organisations that the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) that he chairs provides a means for banks to 'greenwash' their activities.