Insurers’ Climate Losses Almost Match Premiums From Fossil Fuels December 10, 2024 By Gautam Naik Top insurance companies suffered $10.6 billion of climate-attributed losses this year, just shy of the $11.3 billion of direct premiums...
Activist Group Scorecard: Insurers Adopting Policies on Oil and Gas Slowed in 2023 January 12, 2024 By Don Jergler The number of insurers adopting policies on oil and gas has slowed, according to climate activist organization Insure Our Future’s...
US Climate Report Shows Rising Temps, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Headed Down November 17, 2023 By Don Jergler A new national climate report that shows temperatures rapidly rising, but it also has some good news for the U.S....
Insurers Are Still Backing Oil and Gas Industry Despite Rising Climate Threat: Report November 9, 2023 By Gautam Naik Insurers are continuing to provide cover for increased oil and gas production even as they face large losses fueled by...
European Insurers Underwrite 30% of US Coal: Study September 28, 2023 By Gautam Naik and Alastair Marsh Some of Europe’s biggest insurers are underwriting close to a third of the coal production that takes place in the...
Activist Group Calling for Immediate Halt to Insuring Fossil Fuels March 30, 2023 By Don Jergler A letter to the world’s insurance companies from a climate activist group calls on the industry to immediately stop insuring...
Climate Activists Tell Insurance CEOs to Stop Covering Carbon Projects ‘Immediately’ March 28, 2023 A group of climate activists has called on 30 insurance company bosses to “immediately” stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects...
Climate Concern Dropped Amid the Pandemic, but Not for Everyone October 20, 2022 By Don Jergler Evidently, climate concern dropped last year. A new Gallup World Risk Poll shows fewer than half of those questioned said...
Insurers Increasingly Withdraw From Fossil Fuel Projects: Climate Activists’ Report October 20, 2022 Insurance companies that have long said they’ll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects...
Reports from U.S.-based Group Will Examine Impacts of Climate Change on Terrorism November 4, 2021 By Don Jergler A new global partnership with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism will focus on...