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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · 9d

LNG expansion is affecting local economies. Because of dredging for an LNG operation, shrimpers in SW Louisiana haven’t caught anything this season.

This is part of a pattern of destruction, enabled by insurers like Sompo and Tokio Marine.

Sign the petition and demand action: bit.ly/FERCDredge

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · 14d

To be on the winning side, they need to immediately stop insuring new fossil fuel projects.

Find out more 👇 www.insurancebusinessmag.com/asia/news/en...

Chinese insurers dominate renewable energy insurance growth

Industry urged to redirect coverage for net-zero transition

www.insurancebusinessmag.com

Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · 14d

The bottom line: The fossil fuel insurance market remains three times larger than renewables.

Progress is happening, but the insurance industry remains exposed on both sides of the energy transition.

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · 14d

✅ The good news: Chinese insurers lead renewable energy insurance growth at 20%+, capturing $200M in new premiums last year.

❌ The bad news: Joel Poultney at Insurance Business Asia has found that Chinese insurers still underwrites 3x more fossil fuels than renewables.

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · 15d

#NYCClimateWeek: Join frontline organizers from South Texas Environmental Justice Network, Habitat Recovery Project & @ran.org as they share winning strategies and creative tactics to get Chubb insurance to stop backing LNG projects.

🗓️ Wed, Sep 24
🕓 4-5 PM
📍49 Elizabeth Street

🔗 luma.com/vm02x966

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Rainforest Action Network @ran.org · Sep 5

Just like you need insurance to drive a car, fossil fuel projects need insurance to operate. That means that, by providing insurance for this project, Chubb is allowing the exploitation & abuse of Freeport communities. Join us to call on them to STOP INSURING Freeport LNG.

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Rainforest Action Network @ran.org · Sep 5

BREAKING: Activists are at the #USOpen to call out one of its major sponsors – Chubb – and demand it stop insuring Freeport LNG, a toxic fossil fuel project threatening our climate, and the health & safety of local communities.

📸: Erik McGregor
@stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social @planetoverprofit.org

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · Sep 3

⚡ Renewable energy insurance grew 9% annually while fossil fuel insurance declined 2%.

The market is speaking loud and clear, but we need DOUBLE the growth rate to meet climate goals.

Insurers: the renewable energy boom needs you!

#InsureOurFuture

global.insure-our-future.com/2025-renewab...

Brief: Renewables Gallop as Fossil Fuels Stall - Insure Our Future Global

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 thre...

global.insure-our-future.com

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 BREAKING: Insurance data reveals we're moving too slow on climate.

Chinese insurers are racing ahead compared to US & EU competitors, but we need to double the pace of renewables insurance growth to hit global climate targets.

global.insure-our-future.com/2025-renewab...

#InsureOurFuture

Brief: Renewables Gallop as Fossil Fuels Stall - Insure Our Future Global

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 thre...

global.insure-our-future.com

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · Aug 5

🙌 CA’s former Insurance Commissioner @cadavejones.bsky.social, says Big Oil should help pay for the home insurance crisis. Arguing fossil fuel giants, who are responsible, should share the cost of climate-driven insurance losses.

We couldn’t agree more.

Full interview: www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

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Extinction Rebellion München / Munich @mucrebellion.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌀 Rückschritt statt Klimaschutz? Vor dem HQ der Munich Re turnten heute Aktivist*innen die "Klimarolle rückwärts".

Kritik: Rückzug aus UN-Klimabündnissen & fossile Deals trotz grüner Fassade.

👉 Munich Re: Neue Ziele statt Doppelmoral!

#Klimakrise #XR #MunichRe

Aktivisti vor der Zentrale der Munich RE in München. Verkleidet als CEO Wenning u. Jurecka in Trainingsanzügen

Aktivisti vor der Zentrale der Munich RE in München. Verkleidet als CEO Wenning u. Jurecka in Trainingsanzügen. Ein als Mitarbeiter verkleideter Aktivist übt auf einer Turnmatte die Rolle Rückwärts

Aktivisti vor der Zentrale der Munich RE in München bei ihrer Kundgebung. 2 Aktivisti halten ein Banner "Stop (re)insuring climate chaos"

Aktivisti vor der Zentrale der Munich RE in München. Ein Schild macht auf den aufgebauten Trimm-Dich-Pfad aufmerksam mit Anleitung für die Rolle Rückwärts.

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · Jul 15

As wildfires worsen across the U.S., so do home insurance costs.

Insurance companies frequently position themselves as victims of the climate crisis, but insurers aren’t the victims - they’re driving the problem: blog.ucs.org/rachel-cleet...

Worsening Wildfires Contribute to Increasingly Unaffordable Insurance and Housing Costs

The Trump administration's policies are making it worse.

blog.ucs.org

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · Jul 10

Over 340,000 Australian households are uninsured as a result of spiraling insurance costs.

Premiums will continue to rise unless insurers & policymakers tackle the root cause: climate change.

More from @jack-thrower.bsky.social at @australiainstitute.org.au‬: www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2025...

Australia has an insurance crisis. Climate change will make it worse

Climate change makes disasters more frequent and more destructive, this is leading insurance companies to charge higher prices.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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xrdigitalrebel.bsky.social @xrdigitalrebel.bsky.social · Jul 8

🚨 Social media storm today: lets focus on Marsh’s role as insurance broker for EACOP:

🛢 1,443km oil pipeline displacing 100,000+ people
🔥 Est. to emit 379 mill. tonnes of CO₂
📢 Marsh has still not ruled out insuring this pipeline.

Read more:
🔗https://xrb.link/gA4R7hHq8

#Take5Tuesday #StopEACOP

stopEACOP social storm focusing on Marsh to rule out insurance of this climate bomb project.

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Peter Bosshard @peterbosshard.bsky.social · Jun 30

A new study shows that insurance companies' coal restrictions were effective in supporting the shift away from coal in the US. Insurers should use their clout to move away from oil and gas as well! Check out my #SwissClimateRambles blog post at swissclimaterambles.substack.com/p/insurers-a...?

Insurers accelerated the shift away from coal, new study finds

Fossil fuel exclusions are effective but Lloyd’s and Zurich play questionable roles

swissclimaterambles.substack.com

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Mothers Rise Up @mothersriseup.bsky.social · Jun 18

This morning, before school drop-off, we erected a life sized flooded playground outside the @financialtimes.com Global Insurance Summit 🛝

Why? Because fossil fuel insurers like Hiscox are making climate disasters worse - then hiking premiums and dropping cover.

Our kids are paying the price. 🔥🌍

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · Jun 19

As insurance companies tighten policies & abandon climate-affected areas, people could be forced to pay their ow disaster repairs.

This would drive up the risk of mortgage foreclosures & may force lenders to adjust credit scores based on climate risk 👇

edition.cnn.com/2025/05/19/c...

Why climate risk could affect your credit score for buying a home | CNN

Climate change should be considered a new core aspect of creditworthiness when prospective home buyers apply for a mortgage, a new report shows.

edition.cnn.com

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · Jun 19

🚨Join #InsureOurFuture on Wednesday 2nd July!

🥳 Celebrate a HUGE win with Ethan Nuss from @ran.org, and learn how the community mobilised to push back against global insurance giant Chubb, to stop insuring gas project CP1.

🔗 Register here: sunriseproject-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · Jun 18

This research demonstrates how valuable insurers’ are in the energy transition. Insurers must wield this same power with oil & gas, the next frontier in the fight against fossil fuel expansion.

Read more 2025 demands to insurers: global.insure-our-future.com/about/#demands

About - Insure Our Future Global

Insure Our Future is a group of NGOs and social movements that hold the insurance industry accountable for its role in the climate crisis.

global.insure-our-future.com

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · Jun 18

📉 New study from University of Zurich & the Swiss Finance Institute shows insurance exclusion policies work:

🔻 16% drop in coal mines insured
🔻 56% drop in insured coal volumes
🔻 More mine closures

Read the paper: www.df.uzh.ch/en/news-even...

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · May 28

New maps highlight the severity of the home insurance crisis in the U.S. 🚨

As the physical impacts of climate change escalate, US homeowners are facing soaring insurance premiums. Insurers must #InsureOurFuture now 🔥

See the impact on your community👇
www.kunc.org/2025-05-08/m...

New data, maps provide ‘rare window’ into scale of homeowner’s insurance crisis

In recent months, the U.S. Senate Budget Committee and the Federal Insurance Office have each released detailed data on insurance premiums, non-renewals and other key metrics. The advocacy groups Publ...

www.kunc.org

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Rainforest Action Network @ran.org · May 19

But Calcasieu Pass LNG isn’t the only terminal in the area. Help keep the pressure on Chubb and demand they stop insuring the neighboring Cameron LNG before June 1st. Take action: act.ran.org/page/79432/a...

Take Action with Rainforest Action Network

act.ran.org

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Rainforest Action Network @ran.org · May 19

BIG NEWS 🎉 Chubb no longer insures Calcasieu Pass LNG, a methane gas export terminal in SW Louisiana that severely impacts the lives, health, & livelihoods of nearby fishing communities. This comes after MONTHS of pressure from fisherfolk and climate activists!
insideclimatenews.org/news/1605202...

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Tallgrass Institute @tallgrassinst.bsky.social · May 19

Tallgrass Institute’s new #FPIC guide for insurers provides a framework to operationalize due diligence to respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, grounded in their right to free, prior and informed consent. Read more: www.colorado.edu/program/tall...

Tallgrass Institute Publishes FPIC Due Diligence Guide for Insurers

Within the insurance industry, there are multiple touchpoints with Indigenous Peoples. Insurance companies with policies that respect Indigenous Peoples’ right

www.colorado.edu

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · May 7

Across the globe, insurance costs are skyrocketing as a result of the climate crisis. In Germany, premiums are predicted to double in the next decade 📈

This is not sustainable - yet insurance companies continue to underwrite and invest in fossil fuels.
uk.news.yahoo.com/climate-cris...

How is the climate crisis affecting affordable housing?

Housing costs all over the world are skyrocketing, and climate change-driven disasters are only making it worse. Could city planning and risk reduction help?

uk.news.yahoo.com

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