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APAC Weekly - East Asia's understanding of insurance evolves, as do threats that underline its importance
22 October 2024Last week marked the 62nd birthday of a forward-thinking East Asian insurance institution
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Where are the brokers in sustainable insurance?
29 November 2019Zurich's group head of sustainability John Scott asks at PSI meeting
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Insurers’ investment guide to protect world heritage sites unveiled
15 October 2019Insurers worldwide have collaborated with the United Nations and the World Wildlife Fund
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UN PSI launches new ESG guide
27 February 2019Calling for the homogeneous integration of ESG factors on both sides of insurers balance sheets
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Aon commits to the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance
05 June 2018It is the first insurance broker to sign up to the principles
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California conducts US insurance investment climate risk study
09 May 2018Stress test conducted to determine climate-related risk to insurance industry investments
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Axa and Scor lead tobacco control investor group
31 May 2017Insurers follow up on their recent divestment policies by encouraging greater regulation of the tobacco industry
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Climate risk: how insurers are failing to join the dots on the investment side
12 April 2017The quantification of climate-related risks is strategically important for insurers in terms of underwriting and investing performance, but the industry is accused of not leveraging its underwriting expertise to benefit its asset allocation strategy. Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps reports
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Investing in a changing climate
12 December 2016The response by insurers' investment operations to climate change has been branded embarrassing. Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps investigates what the industry can do on the asset side of the balance sheet to mitigate climate change risks in the first of a two-part analysis.