{
    "id": 13587,
    "title": "P&V: Pioneer in Climate-Aligned Insurance Benelux 2026",
    "slug": "pv-pioneer-in-climate-aligned-insurance-benelux-2026",
    "url": "https://cfi.co/awards/europe/2026/pv-pioneer-in-climate-aligned-insurance-benelux-2026/",
    "author": "CFI.co Editorial",
    "published": "2026-08-24 14:24:31",
    "published_gmt": "2026-08-24 13:24:31",
    "modified_gmt": "2026-08-27 16:01:29",
    "categories": [
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        "Sustainability"
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    "content_html": "<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13585\" src=\"https://cfi.co/awards/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/PV.jpg\" alt=\"P&amp;V\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In April 2026, P&amp;V became the first insurer active in Belgium to have its decarbonisation plan validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, the body setting science-based climate-target standards. The plan covers 68 percent of its 2024 baseline emissions and establishes 2030 and 2035 milestones across all 3 Greenhouse Gas Protocol scopes.</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pathway addresses the principal source of an insurer's climate footprint, its investment portfolio, while recognising limits to direct control over investee companies and still-developing emissions data. P&amp;V has committed to annual public reporting, shortening the framework's five-year update cycle and creating accountability.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cooperative ownership provides a governance context suited to long-term climate planning. No shareholder requirement for quarterly returns allows the business to weigh near-term market movements against its assessment that climate-integrated investee strategies may prove more resilient. This aligns investment stewardship with limiting the protection gap associated with climate-related natural catastrophes.</p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For 2025, P&amp;V Group, the Belgian cooperative insurer operating through the P&amp;V brand, recorded €2.3bn in premiums, €83.8m net profit and a 180 percent solvency ratio. Its business mix comprised 48 percent non-life and 52 percent life and group insurance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Annual disclosure and practical delivery will determine the plan's longer-term credibility. The Capital Finance International (CFI.co) Judging Panel congratulates P&amp;V on winning the Pioneer in Climate-Aligned Insurance 2026 Award (Benelux).</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Correction, 27 August 2026: an earlier version of this announcement included information provided under embargo and published here in error. That material has been removed and will appear after the embargo lifts.</em></p>",
    "content_text": "In April 2026, P&V became the first insurer active in Belgium to have its decarbonisation plan validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, the body setting science-based climate-target standards. The plan covers 68 percent of its 2024 baseline emissions and establishes 2030 and 2035 milestones across all 3 Greenhouse Gas Protocol scopes.\n\nThe pathway addresses the principal source of an insurer's climate footprint, its investment portfolio, while recognising limits to direct control over investee companies and still-developing emissions data. P&V has committed to annual public reporting, shortening the framework's five-year update cycle and creating accountability.\n\nCooperative ownership provides a governance context suited to long-term climate planning. No shareholder requirement for quarterly returns allows the business to weigh near-term market movements against its assessment that climate-integrated investee strategies may prove more resilient. This aligns investment stewardship with limiting the protection gap associated with climate-related natural catastrophes.\n\nFor 2025, P&V Group, the Belgian cooperative insurer operating through the P&V brand, recorded €2.3bn in premiums, €83.8m net profit and a 180 percent solvency ratio. Its business mix comprised 48 percent non-life and 52 percent life and group insurance.\n\nAnnual disclosure and practical delivery will determine the plan's longer-term credibility. The Capital Finance International (CFI.co) Judging Panel congratulates P&V on winning the Pioneer in Climate-Aligned Insurance 2026 Award (Benelux).\n\nCorrection, 27 August 2026: an earlier version of this announcement included information provided under embargo and published here in error. That material has been removed and will appear after the embargo lifts.",
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