ESG
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Most insurers will offer incentives for buyers with good ESG, Marsh survey finds
Buyers with good ESG performance are likely to be rewarded by their insurers with higher capacity, lower rates and more…
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Insurance sector’s Dive In Festival finds mental health and gender equity needed to improve diversity
A survey of 20,500 insurance industry professionals as part of the launch of the Dive In Festival 2022 found mental…
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Dutch insurers reject need for deforestation regulation at EU level
The Dutch Insurance Association (VVN) has said the EC’s recently announced proposals for a regulation to effectively ban products that…
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German market facing a perfect storm of risks: HDI Global
Cyber risks remain high up the agenda of German risk managers, as a result of the rise in cyberattacks following…
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Marsh explores bringing renewable energy certificate service payments to global clients
Marsh has told Commercial Risk it is exploring the possibility of expanding its scheme to allow US clients to pay service…
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The risk management implications of the EU Green Deal
In 2020, the EU approved the European Green Deal, ushering in a wave of sustainability initiatives across all sectors. For…
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Marsh’s US clients can now pay service fees with renewable energy certificates
Marsh clients in the US can now pay for the broker’s service fees with voluntary carbon offset credits and renewable…
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Fidelis will ‘walk away’ from fossil fuel risks as it extends underwriting bans
Fidelis Insurance will stop underwriting tar sand extraction and Arctic oil and gas exploration, following a ban on insurance for…
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Aon names global ESG transaction exec
Aon has hired Luise O’Gorman as global head of ESG transaction advisory services in its London mergers and acquisitions and…
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Marsh survey finds UK insurers see larger role for ESG in future underwriting
ESG factors will play a larger role in future underwriting, say UK insurers surveyed by Marsh, with a third already…
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Ferma says insurers not doing enough to help clients through energy transition
Ferma has said there is a lack of risk transfer capacity to support the transition to carbon neutrality and urged…
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PERILS adds Euro flood risk to loss database
Nordic risk managers should be better able to model their flood risk after catastrophe loss data provider PERILS expanded its…
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ESG impact on M&A insurance coverage remains limited
ESG factors are playing a growing role in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity but so far have had a limited…
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AXA launches forest biodiversity restoration
AXA has launched a new three-year programme to help restore forest ecosystems in France. The AXA Forests for Good programme…
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Energy crisis questions drive to ban fossil fuel cover
The increasingly intense pressure placed on insurers and reinsurers to back away from covering fossil fuels is causing an “unacceptable”…
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Chaucer and Moody’s roll out ESG scorecard to boost risk management
Chaucer and Moody’s have now rolled out their ESG Balanced Scorecard, which they believe will change the way ESG is…
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Howden launches insurance to support growth of carbon credit market
Broker Howden has launched a first-of-its-kind insurance cover to support the growth of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), in partnership…
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Aon and Jupiter partner to boost climate risk analysis for financial institutions
Aon has teamed up with climate risk analytics firm Jupiter to help its financial institutions clients quantify and disclose their…
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Germany’s Talanx reportedly latest European carrier to exclude east African pipeline
German insurance group Talanx, parent of HDI Global and Hannover Re, is the latest leading German and European carrier to…
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ESG to drive future D&O terms and conditions
Companies that demonstrate robust ESG frameworks are more likely to attract better terms and conditions when they buy D&O cover,…
