A new bill in the New York Legislature aims to stop insurance companies from making money on fossil fuels. The Insuring Our Future Act would prohibit insurers from writing policies for any new fossil fuel projects and mandate companies phase out underwriting of existing projects.
Within five years, the legislation would require any insurer doing business in New York to divest from companies with 10% or more revenue coming from fossil fuels as well as any individual projects.
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