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Tuesday 9 June 2026 – French insurer SCOR bucks the trend by introducing new restrictions in response to campaigners’ demands On Coral Triangle Day, the Insure our Future coalition reveals that most of the world’s largest insurers and reinsurers have refused to rule out support for LNG expansion in the Coral Triangle, despite mounting evidence …

LNG Expansion in the Coral Triangle Biodiversity Hotspot warns the insurance industry against underwriting fossil fuel infrastructure that directly threatens the world’s most biodiverse marine region. Known as the “Amazon of the seas,” the Coral Triangle spans six nations, sustains the livelihoods of over 360 million people, and provides an estimated $855 billion in flood …

Read the letter and risk briefing sent to the world’s leading fossil fuel (re)insurers today. Over 70 civil society organisations from more than 20 countries across 6 continents are calling on the world’s leading (re)insurers to rule out cover for fossil fuel expansion in the Coral Triangle and end their support for new fossil gas …

Immediate release: 21 April 2026 Tuesday 21 April – More than 70 organisations from over 20 countries across six continents are urging the biggest global insurance and reinsurance groups to stop providing insurance for fossil fuel projects and fossil gas expansion in Southeast Asia’s Coral Triangle due to the risks posed to the most biodiverse …

Renewables Gallop as Fossil Fuels Stall reveals a race to insure the fast-growing renewable energy market. The energy transition is underway, even as the fossil fuel market size remains more than three times larger than that of renewables, and the pace of annual growth in renewable premiums is still half of an 18% benchmark that …

Overall industry pace of insuring renewables needs to at least double to meet 2030 Net Zero benchmarks, finds Insure Our Future. Chinese insurance companies are reshaping the global renewable energy insurance landscape, with three top insurers capturing over $200 million in new premiums between 2023 and 2024, finds a new analysis by Insure Our Future. …

Many insurance companies across Europe and North America just wrapped up their annual shareholder meetings. Insure Our Future network organisations recently attended to assess how insurers are approaching climate risk and fossil fuels, as the climate crisis intensifies and threatens to undermine the insurance industry itself. What they witnessed was a bleak picture of continued …

18 global insurers and 10 banks have excluded the Alaska LNG from their support – Environmental NGOs urged Tokio Marine to comply its policy at the annual general meeting – Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES) Friends of the Earth Japan Mekong Watch Rainforest Action Network (RAN) Oil Change International First published …

Zurich, 31 March 2025 – Why are all his peers remaining silent? Managing the risks of natural disasters, insurers are well aware of the fundamental risks which climate change poses to the global financial system and society. Munich Re first predicted growing climate risks in 1973, and the then CEO of AXA famously warned in …

Zurich, 27 March 2025 – New report from Campax reveals none of Switzerland’s eight largest property and liability insurers have climate policies that are compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement. This in-depth look at the Swiss insurance landscape suggests smaller regional companies tend to perform less well than international heavyweights. Generali leads the …

Cut emissions today to insure tomorrow, warns report as 2024 marks the first year to cross red line of 1.5°C global heating  Insure Our Future’s eighth annual scorecard report Within Our Power reveals that climate change accounts for an estimated $600 billion, or over a third, of global insured weather losses over the last two …

Trieste, 22 October 2024 – Today, Italian insurer Generali announced it will no longer provide insurance for risks associated with oil and gas expansion, including new liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals and gas-fired power plants (1). Generali is the first insurer globally to adopt a policy covering the entire oil and gas value chain for …