TOKYO -- Tokio Marine Holdings will stop underwriting and financing new coal mining projects that generate thermal power in Japan and abroad from October, Nikkei has learned, a move likely to be followed by other domestic insurers.
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Tokio Marine to back out of thermal coal mining projects
First move by Japanese insurer sets trend, as the fuel falls out of favor
Tokio Marine will be the first Japanese insurer to back out of the coal mining business. (Source photos by Yuki Nakao and Kei Higuchi)
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