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  • Lloyd's syndicate CIOs to the rescue - how general accounts could offset underwriting losses in 2023

    03 April 2024

    A few syndicates that lost money underwriting in 2023 found salvation, in their general account performance

  • Aviva UK Life backs Welsh cancer centre construction project

    03 April 2024

    Through in-house asset manager Aviva Investors

  • Private credit beats PE for insurers' appetite for the first time in GSAM survey

    02 April 2024

    Goldman Sachs AM's latest annual insurance survey also reveals insurers' highest appetite for duration risk since the survey first ran 13 years ago

  • Chart of the Week - How hiccups emerged in property risk-taking in Swiss Life's business

    29 March 2024

    Swiss Life's recent annual results showed how problematic property investments can be for insurers these days

  • Tokio Marine outsources impact investment to Macquarie fund

    28 March 2024

    Japanese insurer is expanding its two-year old impact investment programme

  • Aioi Nissay Dowa and Nippon Life partner with Nordea AM on global equity fund

    27 March 2024

    Two insurers put JPY 25bn in new natural capital-focused fund for Japan's institutional investors

  • Comment - How to find the alpha to omega of who runs investments at Chinese insurers

    26 March 2024

    From stress test parameters to investment team names, C-Ross rules seem to be creating extraordinary transparency

  • Lloyd's of London gives mandate for first liquid fixed income strategy to Payden & Rygel

    21 March 2024

    Lloyd's of London gives mandate for first liquid fixed income strategy to Payden & Rygel

  • Looking for a home for natural capital in insurers' investment portfolios

    12 March 2024

    Understanding new risks, a lack of asset managers able to service these types of investments at scale, and the question of where to include natural capital in the SAA are the hurdles insurers need to overcome, Danielle Brassel, director of responsible investment at Zurich Insurance Group, explains

  • St James's Place names 45 different managers on outsourcing roster

    11 March 2024

    Market risk SCR halved during 2023, group's SFCR shows