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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Isabella Kaminski

Coal projects outside China becoming ‘uninsurable’, says climate group

Pit head winding gear at Hickleton Colliery, South Yorkshire England UK.
Prominent global insurance firms have been making coal insurance exit policies. Photograph: Brian Harris/Alamy

New coal power projects are becoming “effectively uninsurable” outside China because so many insurance companies have ruled out support for them, a report has found.

Recent commitments to stop underwriting coal by prominent US insurers AIG and Travelers have brought the number of coal insurance exit policies to 41, according to the latest industry scorecard by the climate campaign Insure Our Future.

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