Burn the Client or Burn the Carbon? Insurer AXA Grapples With Clean Energy Transition. March 17, 2022 By Alastair Marsh The glass tower in Paris where AXA SA, one of the world’s largest insurers, has its temporary headquarters looks as...
Net-Zero Insurers’ Climate-Friendly Plans to Exit Coal Impeded by Antitrust Laws January 19, 2022 By Alastair Marsh A group of the world’s biggest insurers and reinsurers jointly pledging to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from their underwriting activities...
Asset Managers, Including Allianz, to Cut Portfolio Emissions by at Least 25% by 2025 October 21, 2021 By Alastair Marsh By 2025, 29 of the world’s biggest pension funds and investment firms, including Allianz SE and the California Public Employees’...
Allianz’ Investment Arm Plans to Cut Holdings in Coal Businesses July 9, 2021 By Alastair Marsh Allianz Global Investors plans to curtail investments in certain coal businesses by the end of the year. The 598 billion-euro...
Major UK Asset Manager Divests from Insurer AIG over Climate Policies June 15, 2021 By Alastair Marsh Legal & General Investment Management will sell holdings in four companies including U.S insurer American International Group Inc. after deeming...
UN Summit to Seek Support from Insurers, Bankers to Stem Loss of Global Biodiversity April 15, 2021 By Alastair Marsh Organizers of a United Nations summit where world leaders will seek to negotiate an accord for nature akin to the...
France’s AXA Drops German Power Giant RWE as a Client over Large Coal Operations March 12, 2021 By Alastair Marsh and Vanessa Dezem AXA SA, France’s biggest insurer, is dropping German energy giant RWE AG as a client in a decision that highlights...
AXA, Other Mega-Investors Seek to Avoid Portfolios with Global Warming Potential February 24, 2021 By Alastair Marsh All good money managers expect to outperform their benchmark, and by one such metric the French insurer and investor AXA...
‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Help Stranded Sailors and Avoid Supply-Chain Risks December 10, 2020 By Alastair Marsh Fidelity International is calling for urgent action to address the humanitarian crisis and supply-chain risks caused by the more than...
AXA’s Chief Risk and Investment Officer Says Biodiversity Loss Among ‘Very Top Risks’ December 3, 2020 By Alastair Marsh AXA Group’s chief risk and investment officer, Alban de Mailly Nesle is required to ponder myriad dangers to the Paris-based...