Owners of High-End London Restaurants Sue AXA Over Failure to Pay COVID Claims January 26, 2022 By Katharine Gemmell The owners of high-end London restaurants The Wolseley and The Delaunay sued AXA Insurance UK Plc for as much as...
Aviva Broadens Sustainable Investments to Include Biodiversity, Human Rights January 24, 2022 By Huw Jones and Simon Jessop Leading British asset manager Aviva Investors plans to push boards for greater action on biodiversity and human rights so that...
UK Hospitality Groups Are Back in Court With Insurers Over Lockdown Losses January 21, 2022 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Some of the world’s biggest insurers are bracing as a second wave of multi-million-pound lawsuits, brought by struggling British pubs,...
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...
Efma-Accenture Innovation Awards Offer View of Insurance Industry’s Transformation January 12, 2022 By Daniele Presutti and Silvia Milián Daniele Presutti, Accenture’s Insurance lead in Europe, and Silvia Milián, Accenture’s Insurance lead for strategy and consulting in Iberia discuss...
AXA’s Investment Arm to Divest Oil and Gas Climate Laggards After Three Years November 8, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Tommy Wilkes GLASGOW – The fund arm of French insurer AXA said on Monday it would take a tougher line with oil...
AXA Tightens Policy for Insuring, Investing in Oil & Gas Ahead of COP26 Summit November 1, 2021 By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Simon Jessop AXA, France’s biggest insurer, said on Friday it would tighten its policy regarding investing in and insuring the oil and...
Climate Change Ranks as Top Concern for Insurers, Replacing Pandemic September 29, 2021 By Alexandre Rajbhandari Climate change has returned to the top of the list of insurers’ biggest concerns as the vaccine roll-out and gradual...
HSBC Buys AXA Singapore for $575M in Push to Fuel Expansion Across Southeast Asia August 16, 2021 By Denise Wee HSBC Holdings Plc agreed to buy AXA Singapore for $575 million in a push to build a global wealth hub...
France’s AXA Posts 180% Surge in 1st Half Net Income as XL Unit Swings to Profit August 2, 2021 AXA posted a 180% surge in first-half net income on Monday as the French insurer rebounded from a spike in...