Insurance

Insurance, News | 12 March 2019

First-ever insurance industry guide to manage environmental, social and governance risks launched at major UN-Allianz event to drive greater action…

Insurance, News | 27 February 2019

Today, UN Environment, Oceana and leading insurers issued a checklist of warning signs for pirate fishing activity, as part of…

Insurance, News | 27 February 2019

Environmental organisations join forces with insurance industry to spearhead global campaign to tackle illegal fishing- Approximately 1 in 5 fish is…

Insurance, News | 27 February 2019

The first ever guidance designed for the global insurance industry to integrate sustainability into industrial and commercial business has launched…

Events, Insurance | 11 February 2019

This two-day event seeks to drive ambitious sustainability action by the insurance industry in line with the aims of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Paris Agreement on Climate Change and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit in September 2019. The event will feature the launch of the first global guide to manage ESG risks in non-life insurance underwriting, and shape the sustainability agenda for the life and health insurance industry.

Insurance, News | 21 January 2019

Geneva/Gland/Paris, 21 January 2019—A pioneering insurance industry guide to protect our planet’s most special places through its risk management, insurance…

Banking, Climate Change, Insurance, Investment, News | 18 December 2018

On Saturday, following two weeks marked by dramatic rhetoric and intense negotiations over legal language, close to 200 Governments bridged…

Climate Change, Insurance, News, TCFD | 13 November 2018

UN Environment’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) announced today a partnership with 16 of the world’s largest insurers—representing around 10% of world premium and USD 5 trillion in assets under management—to develop a new generation of risk assessment tools designed to enable the insurance industry to better understand the impacts of climate change on their business. This understanding is vital for an industry whose core business is to manage risk.

Insurance, News | 13 November 2018

13 November 2018 —UN Environment’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) announced today a partnership with 16 of the world’s largest insurers—representing…

Banking, Europe, Insurance, Investment, Publications | 12 November 2018

The aim of this Roadmap is to set a vision and lay the groundwork to establish a comprehensive and far-reaching…