Joshua Geer

Zurich excludes five fossil-fuel companies with non-credible transition plans

Zurich has excluded five companies from its investment and underwriting activities as it no longer considered their "progress against transition plans to be credible".

Only 23% of climate-related losses in Europe are insured, says EIOPA

Build up capital buffers to withstand the climate crisis, insurers told

Insurers and banks are massively underestimating climate risk, and the financial institutions' capital buffers will prove largely insufficient to cover the resulting losses, according to Finance Watch.

Eiopa: how we plan to stop insurers greenwashing

Europe's insurance authority explains its plans to address greenwashing, including how the term is defined and what measures it intends to take to prevent it, in this Q&A with Joshua Geer

Aviva moves to insure offshore wind projects

UK's net zero review will help 'unlock investment', says Aviva

Recommendations to the UK government on steps it should take to meet net zero targets have been welcomed by investors for their potential to help 'unlock the investment required' for the energy transition.

WTW unveils US coral reef insurance policy

NZIA's underwriting emissions protocols open door to greenwashing

The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance's (NZIA) protocols for decarbonising underwriting portfolios must include Scope 3 emissions targets, otherwise it could "open the door to greenwashing", said leading climate campaigner Peter Bosshard.

ESG will increasingly influence insurers' risk management strategies

Lack of standardisation, regulatory pressure and greater physical risks all pose challenges, says Fitch

ICMIF launches insurance SDG calculator