Archive

  • Insurers warm to public disclosure on climate change risks

    11 August 2021

    SFCRs reveal much about European insurers' financial health and, since 2020, also a lot about their preparations to tackle climate change risk, as David Walker finds

  • AIG looking to Blackstone's "tremendous" origination strengths to boost returns

    09 August 2021

    Insurer's investments flat in Q2, but private equity and hedge funds gain

  • EIOPA cautions insurers on COVID stress-tests in ORSAs

    20 July 2021

    AIG, Athora and Ergo Reise among insurers revealing COVID stress tests

  • Blackstone wins $50bn AIG mandate after buying into life and retirement businesses

    15 July 2021

    Asset management part of deal will rise to $92bn by 2027

  • AIG pushes to prove ESG credentials in first sustainability report

    02 July 2021

    Report aims to address ESG criticisms in investment and underwriting

  • MS&AD stops investing in, and insuring, new coal plants

    28 June 2021

    Japanese insurer extends existing net-zero commitments

  • Debt investments not privileged in insurers' climate assessments, Swiss Re CIO says

    25 June 2021

    Guido Fürer expects scrutiny from Swiss Re's own shareholders on swiss reinsurers climate action

  • Modellers search how much worse COVID could get

    25 June 2021

    European insurers describe pandemic stress tests in 2020 SFCRs

  • LGIM divests from AIG citing climate failures

    15 June 2021

    Insurer highlighted for poor engagement, coal and carbon disclosures, and deforestation policies

  • AIG CIO departs role

    27 May 2021

    Doug Dachille will be replaced by his deputy, Geoff Cornell