Joshua Geer

Articles by Joshua Geer

  • EIOPA proposes four principles to prevent greenwashing in insurance

    12 December 2023

    The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has today opened a consultation on its draft opinion on sustainability claims and greenwashing.

  • Transition Plan Taskforce releases guidance for financial institutions

    14 November 2023

    The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) has today unveiled its sector-specific guidance for insurers, banks, asset managers and asset owners in a bid to provide clarity on how firms can interpret and implement the TPT's disclosure framework.

  • Report reveals top insurers of US coal

    28 September 2023

    Global insurers AIG, Liberty Mutual, Lloyd's of London, Swiss Re and Zurich are among the top insurers of US coal mining, according to findings from Insure Our Future and Public Citizen.

  • Generali and UNDP partner to reduce insurance protection gap

    27 September 2023
  • CSRD will change the landscape of ESG data, say UNEP FI panellists

    13 September 2023

    The value of regulation is also championed by the experts

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

    21 August 2023

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

  • NZIA exodus continues as Allianz, Axa and Scor depart

    26 May 2023

    Allianz, Axa and Scor have withdrawn from the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), taking the total number of departures from the coalition to seven.

  • Phoenix unveils net-zero transition plan

    25 May 2023

    The UK life insurer sets out five key targets to reach interim targets

  • Chubb: we have "no control" over insureds' emissions

    17 May 2023

    Chubb's board of directors has said it has no control over its insureds' emissions and no basis to know how any change in its underwriting or investment activity would reduce such emissions.

  • Talanx powers down its thermal coal underwriting exposure

    02 May 2023

    Talanx has reduced its thermal coal infrastructure risks by 17.7% as of year-end 2022 compared with a 2019 baseline.