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US insurers fossil fuel holdings revealed
08 August 2023In new report questioning the dichotomy between underwriting and investment policies
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Democrats take aim at insurers with fossil fuel disclosure bill
27 July 2023Polluter Portfolio Disclosure Act introduced after insurers withdraw insurance coverage from California due to catastrophe exposure
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Ricardo Lara reveals California's fossil fuel investors
19 April 2022Green bond holders also unearthed in annual study
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Private equity continues to grow as US insurers' asset of choice
22 June 2021Insurers increased PE holding by 14.8% last year, according to AM Best
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US insurers splurged on vaccine-maker shares in 2020
09 June 2021Companies including USAA, State Farm and Chubb sought to profit off pandemic drug companies
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COMMENT: Hedge fund activists - new, unlikely allies in insurers' climate fight?
04 June 2021Patient insurers and agitating activists once sat at opposite ends of the shareholding spectrum. Climate change might be changing that.
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US insurers have $89.2bn invested in coal, NGO research finds
25 February 2021US underwriters account for 8% of all investments in the sector
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Fossil fuel exclusion proves a slow burn for US insurers
03 October 2019US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.