{"id":2286,"date":"2021-06-28T08:54:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T07:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insureourfuture.co\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2021-06-28T08:54:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T07:54:38","slug":"first-japanese-insurer-exits-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japan.insure-our-future.com\/en\/2021\/06\/28\/first-japanese-insurer-exits-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"First Japanese insurance company adopts coal exit policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday June 25th, MS&AD, one of the top three Japanese non-life insurers, adopted a policy<\/a> to no longer insure or invest in new coal power plants, becoming the first Japanese insurer to make this move. The policy follows on the heels of similar announcements by four Korean insurers<\/a> on June 21, isolating Tokio Marine, Japan\u2019s biggest insurer in the power sector, and its smaller rival Sompo, as some of the world\u2019s last remaining coal insurers.<\/p>\n

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Yuki Tanabe<\/h4>
Program Director at the Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES)<\/div> <\/div>\n
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\u201cWe welcome MS&AD\u2019s announcement to completely end insurance underwriting for new coal-fired power generation projects, and urge other Japanese non-life insurers, such as Tokio Marine and Sompo, to establish similar policies immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Peter Bosshard<\/h4>
Global Coordinator of Insure Our Future<\/div> <\/div>\n
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\u201cEven if it has serious limitations, MS&AD\u2019s new coal policy is an important initial step in the right direction. Along with the policies adopted by Korean insurers, MS&AD\u2019s move shows that the coal exit train has now reached the Asian insurance industry and that the coal projects which are still in the pipeline have no future.\"<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Today, at Tokio Marine\u2019s Annual General Meeting in Tokyo, Japan shareholders were greeted by a group of concerned civil society activists<\/a> urging the company to stop lagging behind its peers internationally and at home. Campaigners called on Tokio Marine to stop being a global coal insurer of last resort.<\/p>\n

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Peter Bosshard<\/h4> <\/div>\n
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\u201cWith COP26 around the corner, Tokio Marine and Sompo as well as Chinese insurers like Ping An and PICC need to join the international trend in adopting coal exit policies so they no longer undermine the progress made by their peers. All insurance companies need to follow the science, accept the conclusions of the International Energy Agency's recent 1.5C report and end all cover for new coal, oil and gas projects and related infrastructure. Aligning their business with a credible 1.5C pathway is an imperative, not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Friday June 25th, MS&AD, one of the top three Japanese non-life insurers, adopted a policy to no longer insure or invest in new coal power plants, becoming the first Japanese insurer to make this move. 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