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Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... adoption and knowledge and capacity-building. The first senior advisor is Andre Hoffmann, vice-chair of Roche Holding AG, the Swiss healthcare company, and board member of SystemIQ, the management consultancy. Hoffman is on board of trustees of WEF ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... physical risk from climate change is not the biggest challenge to insurance. Finity Consulting principal Rade Musulin and Swiss Reinsurance head of property insurance and casualty insurance structured solutions Asia and ANZ Alison Drill made these comments ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing as form of greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... voluntary disclosure, chasing greenwashing with a little 'greenhushing'," he said. "Last year, for example, the Swiss carbon finance consultancy, South Pole, released an international report that found nearly a quarter of the 1,200 companies ...

Insured losses from natural catastrophes $150 billion in 2022

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... billion (US$275b) in 2022, a new report has found, with just $150 billion (US$125b) covered by insurance. The report from Swiss reinsurance company Swiss Re revealed that record-breaking damage from natural disasters in 2022 led to the third consecutive ...

U Ethical makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... to its board of directors. King brings more than 18 years' experience in directorships, including roles at MLC Australia, Swiss Re, AFG and FNZ Group. She also has over 10 years in CEO or general manager roles in Australia, New Zealand and Asia with ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... US$9.4 trillion, without more ambitious action on climate change. Oxfam Australia cited economic analysis from reinsurer Swiss Re as the basis for those predictions "Deep carbon reductions and limiting global temp increase are the most critical actions ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... have also begun adopting some restrictions on the oil and gas sector. AXA, AXIS Capital, The Hartford, Generali, Munich Re, Swiss Re and Zurich have limited their cover for tar sands operations. Some insurers have also restricted their cover for Arctic ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... issued by Telekosang Hydro One Sdn Bhd in Malaysia, and the Bank of the Philippines Islands raising CHF100 million in the Swiss markets at a coupon of 0% and a yield of -0.02%, the first negative-yielding green bond in the region. "The report clearly ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... from coal is really taking a toll on the coal industry. The report highlights leaders around the world. In underwriting, Swiss Re and Zurich are the leaders in ending coal insurance in that they have withdrawn cover from both new and existing projects ...

Christian Super acquires stake in responsAbility Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... Netherlands and Germany. The share capital of responsAbility Investments AG is predominantly held by a broad range of prominent Swiss financial institutions, including Baumann & Cie, Raiffeisen Switzerland, Swiss Re Foundation and Vontobel Beteiligungen ...
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