Coral Triangle Day: Most Insurers Refuse to Rule Out LNG Expansion in World’s Richest Marine Ecosystem

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 …

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Insurance Risk Briefing: LNG Expansion in the Coral Triangle Biodiversity Hotspot

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 …

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Blog: Over 70 campaign groups demand (re)insurers rule out cover for fossil fuels in the Coral Triangle

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 …

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Press release: Over 70 campaign groups call on insurers to exclude fossil fuel projects in Coral Triangle

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 …

18 global insurers and 10 banks have excluded the Alaska LNG from their support

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 …

Climate change accounts for over a third of insured weather losses this century and rising

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 …

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ShareAction Report: Insurance’s triple whammy threatens the survival of people and planet

London, 15 April 2024 – A major investigation into the world’s 65 largest insurance companies from the responsible investment charity ShareAction, released 11 April 2024, shows that both people and planet face the triple whammy from insurance companies underwriting and investing in projects that are increasing global warming, damaging the natural environment and failing to …

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New Finance Watch report clarifies ingredients for impactful transition plans for insurers

Brussels, 12 April 2024 – A new report from Finance Watch outlines the steps that must be taken to ensure effective implementation of mandatory transition plans for insurance companies as tools to support transition and manage the related risks. It outlines the urgent need for supervised “prudential” transition plans, pointing to the financial instability that …

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Global association of Insurance CEOs confronted by climate protest at 50th summit – Will they ‘Safeguard the Planet’ or Greenwash business as usual?

Zurich, 28 November 2023 – Insure Our Future campaigners are protesting at the Geneva Association’s 50th anniversary summit in Zurich today, demanding that the global insurance industry take immediate action to slow the climate crisis and support the urgent transition from fossil fuels to renewables.  The Geneva Association calls itself the only international association of …

Insurers withdraw cover for climate risks while backing increased fossil fuel production, industry must act to support 1.5°C climate target after 50 years of failure

Global, 9 November 2023 – Fifty years after the insurance industry first warned about the impact of climate change it is continuing to fuel the climate emergency, the Insure Our Future campaign warns today in its seventh annual scorecard on insurers’ climate policies. The growing frequency and severity of floods, hurricanes, wildfires, droughts and other …

50 Years of Climate Failure: 2023 Scorecard on Insurance, Fossil Fuels and the Climate Emergency

Fifty years after the industry first warned about the growing risks of climate change it continues to provide insurance that allows new fossil fuel projects to go ahead. Insurers are abandoning customers affected by climate risks, yet most continue to fuel the climate emergency by providing cover for increased oil and gas production. Download the …

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New Report from Greenpeace: Congo oil fields are quickly becoming uninsurable

Kinshasa, 8 September 2023 – Any company granted exploration and exploitation rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) oil auction could find itself without financial protection, according to a report published today by Greenpeace Africa, Insure our Future, Reclaim Finance and Urgewald. If leading insurance and reinsurance companies follow their commitments and their general …

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