Insurance

Insurance, News | 15 October 2019

Geneva/Gland/Paris/São Paulo, 15 October 2019—The first guide for the insurance industry to protect our world’s priceless and irreplaceable assets was…

Insurance, News | 23 July 2019

Los Angeles, California, 23 July 2019—The California Department of Insurance and the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) have launched…

Events, Insurance, News | 26 June 2019

The Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF) is a global network of insurance supervisors and regulators working together to strengthen responses to sustainability challenges facing the insurance sector. Launched in December 2016, the SIF provides a platform for international collaboration among supervisors, facilitating knowledge sharing, dialogue, and uptake of policy innovations. This SIF is convened by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which serves as its Secretariat. 

Insurance, News | 11 May 2019

Lagos/Geneva, 22 May 2019—African insurance industry leaders and UN Environment have agreed on key collaborative initiatives in the region to…

Africa & Middle East, Events, Insurance | 18 March 2019

The 2nd Africa Market event will be held in Lagos, Nigeria. UNEP FI and Principles for Sustainable Insurance(PSI) are organizing the event. The purpose of the now-annual PSI Africa Market Event is to bring together leading practitioners and thinkers within the African insurance ‘ecosystem’ to share experiences and ideas relating to the creation of a growing, resilient, sustainable, responsible and profitable African insurance sector.

Blue Finance, Insurance, Publications | 13 March 2019

Pirate fishing—also known as illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing—exposes insurers to legal, financial and reputational risks, but also puts…

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…