Cintia Cheong

Articles by Cintia Cheong

  • Swiss Re saluted for reducing coal underwriting and investment

    02 December 2019

    Swiss Re has been doing more than other insurers to limit its exposure to coal on both sides of the balance sheet, a report by Unfriend Coal has revealed.

  • Axis Capital limits coal underwriting and investment

    17 October 2019

    Lloyd’s re/insurer Axis Capital has announced a new thermal coal and oil sands underwriting and investments policy after weeks of speculation on the issue.

  • UK regulator prepares ‘comply or explain’ TCFD rules

    17 October 2019

    The UK’s financial conduct watchdog will consult on new rules to encourage disclosure of climate-related risks by financial firms in early 2020.

  • Insurers face up to $9bn bill from typhoon Faxai

    30 September 2019

    Insured losses from Japanese typhoon Faxai could reach between $5 billion and $9 billion, according to catastrophe modelling firm RMS.

  • Activists target AIG over Australian coal mine

    29 August 2019

    Protesters stage demonstrations in AIG’s Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane offices

  • People moves: AIG hires first chief sustainability officer

    26 July 2019

    AIG has appointed Jennifer Waldner to the newly created role of chief sustainability officer to lead the development and implementation of the company’s sustainability strategy.

  • Zurich signs UN business pledge to limit global temperature rise

    25 June 2019

    Zurich has become the first insurer to sign up to the UN Global Compact Business Ambition Pledge, which aims to limit average global temperature increases to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by 2030.

  • QBE reveals coal exclusion policy

    03 April 2019

    Australian insurer QBE will target zero direct investment in the thermal coal industry by 1 July 2019, according to its new energy policy.

  • Irish central bank warns of slow transition to green economy

    06 February 2019

    A slow transition to a low-carbon economy would pose macroeconomic and financial stability risks, according to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) governor, Philip Lane.

  • Tokio Marine hits back at coal involvement claims

    04 December 2018

    Using clean technologies preferable to singling out coal, insurer says