Cintia Cheong

Articles by Cintia Cheong

  • XL's adoption of Axa climate policy will cost €100m in premiums

    27 November 2018

    Re/insurer Axa XL will adopt Axa’s climate policy on both sides of the balance sheet, following the French insurer’s recent takeover of XL Group.

  • Generali and VIG accused of insuring Czech coal power plant

    05 November 2018

    Campaign group Unfriend Coal claims insurance deal 'undermines climate change action'

  • Generali to acquire French asset manager Sycomore

    07 September 2018

    Italian insurance group Assicurazioni Generali has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in French asset manager Sycomore.

  • Insurers' commitment to ESG "not a fad that is likely to fade"

    30 August 2018

    The trend that has seen insurers pay increasing attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities is not a fad, according to a report.

  • EU's sustainability taxonomy 'should not meddle with Solvency II capital requirements'

    28 August 2018

    Solvency II capital requirements should be used to measure and capture risks and not as a base to artificially create incentives or disincentives to investing, Europe's insurance lobbying group has said.

  • H1 disaster losses well below average, says Swiss Re

    20 August 2018

    Global economic losses from disasters plunged to $36 billion in the first half of 2018 from $64 billion in the same period last year, well below the ten-year average of $125 billion, according to Swiss Re.

  • Investors call for tougher sustainability standards for palm oil

    16 August 2018

    Global investors managing about $6.7 trillion have called on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to adopt a more robust and effective standard for production of the widely-used vegetable oil.

  • Insurers face potential screening by San Francisco for coal and tar sands involvement

    27 July 2018

    City's supervisors approved resolution urging action to be done

  • Swiss Re sets thermal coal re/insurance threshold

    02 July 2018

    Swiss Re will, from today, no longer provide re/insurance services to businesses with more than 30% exposure to thermal coal. The group already applies the same 30% threshold to the asset side of its balance sheet.

  • UN sets insurance sustainability goals for cities

    22 June 2018

    Insurance Industry Development Goals cover risk management, insurance and investment activities