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