Coal Action Network and Money Rebellion groups held a rally outside Probitas1492’s London office last Wednesday, calling on it to rule out any further insurance for Adani’s climate-wrecking Carmichael coal project in Australia. This rally follows insider information...
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Convex rules out insuring Adani’s mega mine and all new thermal coal production
4 February 2022 Earlier this week, UK and Bermuda-based Convex Insurance published a statement confirming it “will not insure the construction or operation of any new thermal coal mine and/or its dedicated infrastructure”. This commitment means Convex has ruled itself...
Hamilton Insurance Group sets new low with meaningless ESG principles
5 October 2021 Hamilton’s 116-word statement should be an example to all other insurers of what an ESG (environment, social, governance) policy should NOT look like. Since mid 2020, 28 Lloyd’s of London insurers have answered the call of the #StopAdani campaign...
Hamilton Insurance one of the last at Lloyd’s willing to insure the Adani Carmichael coal project.
6 July 2021 Adani’s insurance options in the Lloyd’s marketplace are rapidly shrinking. Since the beginning of the year, all the top 10 biggest Lloyd’s syndicates have ruled out any support for the Adani Carmichael coal project. In total, 38 major insurance companies...
MS Amlin; the only top 5 Lloyd’s insurer yet to rule out the Adani Carmichael coal project.
25 March 2021 In late 2019, after being denied insurance by mainstream insurance companies, Adani was able to secure coverage for the Carmichael coal project via insurers at Lloyd’s of London. However, while it’s true that Adani Carmichael seems to have managed to...
Hiscox the latest insurer to rule out Adani Carmichael coal project.
4 March 2021 Last night, after announcing a new environment/social/governance (ESG) exclusion policy that rules out underwriting and investing in thermal coal, Arctic oil and gas exploration and tar sands, major insurance company Hiscox told Market Forces that they...
Adani loses another major piece in its insurance puzzle.
25 February 2021 Another Lloyd’s insurer that is currently providing cover for the Adani Carmichael project has committed to not renewing or taking on any new policies with the destructive coal project. In a victory for the #StopAdani movement, Brit, one of Lloyd’s...
As Lloyd’s of London moves away from coal is this the final nail in the coffin for Adani’s access to insurance?
17 December 2020 Under pressure from the #StopAdani and #InsureOurFuture campaigns, Lloyd’s of London has just told its insurers to exclude new insurance for thermal coal mining, tar sands and arctic drilling by 2022 and phase out all insurance cover for these fossil...
Media Release: Lloyd’s takes a step away from coal, threatening Adani’s Carmichael project
17 December 2020 Lloyd’s of London will be publishing its first Environment Social and Governance (ESG) Report today, potentially ending the Adani Carmichael coal project’s ability to secure insurance in its marketplace. According to reports, Lloyd’s is recommending...
Media Release: Fidelis becomes 28th major insurer to rule out Adani Carmichael coal project
Wednesday 16 December 2020 In an email to Market Forces (available upon request, received Friday 11 December) specialty re/insurer Fidelis has confirmed that its recently published Environment and Sustainability Statement rules it out of underwriting the Adani...