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Australian Ethical pressures QBE over climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... at the QBE annual general meeting today, the proposals call on QBE to immediately disclose how much of its current underwriting portfolio is likely to be withdrawn, reduced or repriced due to the immediate and long-term impacts of physical climate risk. ...

Insurers grapple with managing physical risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... wildfires and storms, while shifting hazard patterns and continued exposure growth are adding uncertainty to insurers' underwriting, pricing and capital planning. Nearly all the 50 global insurers and reinsurers in the survey are concerned about infrastructure ...

Insurer sued for omitting shareholder proposal on climate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... be put before shareholders for a vote at the annual general meeting," As You Sow said. In 2023, national insurance underwriting losses hit a 10-year high of US$38 billion as climate disasters become more common and severe. Since 2017, homeowners insurance ...

ISS STOXX launches real asset climate solutions

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... across risk management, regulatory compliance and reporting, stewardship engagement, investment due diligence and underwriting. Powered by ISS Sustainability Solutions' recent acquisition of Sust Global, Geospatial Asset Analytics will help investors ...

ART private equity lead heads for Middle East

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... equity lead just two months ago. In this role, he oversaw strategy, portfolio management, manager selection, and underwriting for direct and co-investments within the asset owner's private equity portfolio. Prior to ART, Murphy served as an associate ...

Aware Super appoints UK private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... established European private equity manager relationships as a strategic capital partner for both co-investments and co-underwriting opportunities. He is also charged with developing new relationships across Europe and North America and will sit on the ...

Australian Ethical calls out QBE over climate risk concerns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... change presents to its ongoing business, and the justification for its policy that allows the continued unrestricted underwriting of new oil and gas projects until at least 2030. As a major shareholder - owning $56 million worth of QBE shares as at 31 ...

Quinbrook achieves record financing for solar, battery storage project

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... enhance national energy infrastructure." Meanwhile, the revenue contracts secured for the project are critical to underwriting the project financing, Quinbrook said, while adding that the project will also benefit from a 15-year Capacity Market Agreement ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... said it is a chance to work "across the financial community to provide guidance and frameworks to ensure investment, underwriting and lending activities are aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14... 'life below water' - enabling financial ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Insurers will no longer be able to use genetic test results in life insurance underwriting, with a total ban to be introduced by the government. Earlier this year, the government consulted on the use of genetic test results in underwriting life insurance ...
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