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Revealed: The climate impact of Europe’s biggest insurers
Just four of Europe’s biggest insurance companies funded more climate pollution across the globe in 2021 than Scotland produces each year, analysis by The Ferret has found.
Two insurance companies rule out covering new North Sea fields
Campaigners argued that the insurance companies had recognised that allowing "new fields to proceed goes against climate science".
Insurers invest £6bn in North Sea oil firms while removing cover on climate frontline
Insurers have invested over £6bn in North Sea oil and gas firms since 2016, while removing cover and hiking prices for communities facing climate breakdown.
Insurance companies ‘abandoning climate leadership’
Only three of the world’s 30 biggest insurance companies have adopted policies to stop insuring new oil and gas projects.
Private finance schemes cost Scottish taxpayers £40bn, says spending watchdog
Private finance schemes by successive governments have left Scottish taxpayers footing a £40 billion bill to build schools, hospitals, roads and other projects worth £9 billion, according to Scotland’s spending watchdog.
New campaign to scrap Scotland’s private finance schemes
The Scottish Government is coming under pressure to find a new way to finance infrastructure investment as concerns rise over the cost of private finance schemes.
