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Loss-creep from natcat years crimp ILS hedge fund returns
20 January 2020Eurekahedge data shows ILS hedge fund investors underperforming broader industry in 2019
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Australia's insurers to face climate stress tests in 2020
31 December 2019Australia's insurers are to undergo stress tests next year linked to the possible effects of climate change on assets they hold, reports say.
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BaFin tells insurers to step up efforts on climate change
17 December 2019BaFin has warned insurers the speed of moving to obligatory reporting around climate change will "increase with the speed at which sustainability risks materialise".
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Deutsche Rück and VöV Rück add names to PRI
15 October 2019Deutsche Rückversicherung and VöV Rückversicherung have become signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), edging investments among all German insurance signatories close to €800 billion.
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Swedish insurer introduces transition criteria to coal divestment policy
14 October 2019Swedish mutual insurer Länsförsäkringar has tightened the exclusion threshold for its fossil fuel company investments, while introducing criteria to identify thermal coal firms converting operations in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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European insurers spell out ESG investing moves in detail
03 October 2019Europe’s insurers have used regulatory filings to provide detail about how they are transforming their investment processes to encompass environmental, social and governance (ESG) precepts.
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Eiopa sets expectations on insurers to take climate action
01 October 2019Opinion on sustainability in Solvency II acknowledges challenges to integrating climate change risk
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Dorian and Faxai could cost insurers up to $15.5bn, say modellers
16 September 2019Catastrophe risk modelling firms have released forecasts totalling up to $15.5 billion for the combined insured losses arising from Hurricane Dorian and Typhoon Faxai.
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French regulator calls for ‘green and brown’ taxonomy
12 April 2019France’s financial regulator has called for the rapid introduction of a formal definition of investments that are beneficial or detrimental to the environment – a so-called taxonomy of ‘green’ and ‘brown’ assets.
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Lloyd's syndicates go green in latest annual reports
08 April 2019Several syndicates in the Lloyd's of London insurance market have used their latest annual reports to highlight the dangers of climate change and how they incorporate it into their risk management practices.
- CBI optimistic of 'really quick uptake' for climate resilience taxonomy
- MSCI developing transition plan assessment product
- Abris rolls-out ESG methodology to 'squeeze out' higher valuations
- 'Water will be one of the biggest investment themes over the next decade'
- Robeco launches its first 'high income green bond strategy'
- CBI to launch climate resilience taxonomy this month
- Putting transition plans to the test: MSCI
- Inadequate credit market could worsen biodiversity loss, warns Grantham Institute
- Allianz GI's impact credit strategy raises €560m at first close
- Mirova closes first impact PE strategy at €211m
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Australia publishes net zero 'sector pathways'
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$1.4trn investors call for greater nature disclosures
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Pension members should be given right to voice ESG preferences, says Dutch regulator
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Carbon removals versus reductions misses the point
06 September 2024For the atmosphere's balance sheet, emission reductions and removals are both vitally important, argues Mary Grady
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EXCLUSIVE: M&G to rebrand climate solutions fund as biodiversity
06 September 2024M&G Investments is rebranding its climate solutions fund as a nature and biodiversity fund, as it looks to capitalise on growing interest in the theme, Environmental Finance has learned.