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  • Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire joins net-zero investment accounting body

    19 January 2022

    Physical climate risks a "prudential issue" for Asia's regulators, Japan's FSA says

  • Tokio Marine plans equities sales worth ¥100bn for sustainability goals

    30 November 2021

    Selling by 2023 will match divestment volume of 2020

  • Lloyd's syndicates see the light on ESG investing

    12 April 2021

    Annual statements promised greater openness on sustainable practices, but some are skeptical of the London market's approach to sustainability. David Walker reports.

  • US insurers timidly assessing climate risk

    14 December 2020

    From increasingly fierce wildfires in California to recurring hurricane hits to the country's southern and eastern seaboards, US insurers are only too familiar with some intensifying effects of climate change, but are they doing anything about it? David Walker takes the temperature.

  • Climate reporting 'more onerous for insurers than Solvency II'

    02 December 2020

    And "numbers on physical risk too scary to disclose" ICR's audience told

  • 43% of global re/insurance assets covered by divestment policies

    02 December 2020

    Insure Our Future publishes annual scorecard on insurers' climate policies

  • From hurricanes to drought, climate risk hits US insurers' muni appetite

    30 November 2020

    Coastal states, even land-locked Nevada, face curbed demand from global warming

  • Japanese P&C insurers face short-term hurdles in ESG integration

    11 November 2020

    Business culture and norms are an obstacle in ESG move, Moody's says

  • Tokio Marine discloses its complete climate strategy

    28 September 2020

    Publication reveals insurer's stance on ESG criteria

  • Australian insurers lick Q1 investment wounds worth A$10.8bn

    28 May 2020

    Regulator praises industry for deferring dividends, or re-stocking with capital raisings