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  • Solvency II 2020 review: are green capital charges inimical to profitability?

    30 January 2020

    Finding ways to channel institutional investors' capital towards climate change-mitigating projects has become a priority. The European Commission has launched a review of its insurance regulation with a conference in Brussels. There, the question of green supporting capital charges was unavoidable. Vincent Huck reports

  • European oil & gas companies spend just 1.3% of capex on low carbon assets

    12 November 2018

    Despite investors, including some insurance household names, calling for transition to a low-carbon economy