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  • Insurers participate in AMP infrastructure fund

    28 March 2014

    China Life invests via Hong Kong subsidiary

  • Solvency II securitisation charges remain turn-off for insurers

    19 March 2014

    Capital charges high compared to other asset classes

  • Diversification and caution characterise insurers' 2014 asset strategies

    05 March 2014

    Another year of weak yields from bonds is prompting some insurers to continue diversifying their investment portfolios. But with predictions of weaker equity markets and continuing low interest rates, others are battening down the hatches. Jamie Bullen and Christopher Cundy report

  • Conning's high-dividend equity strategies aimed at insurers

    27 February 2014

    Strategies said to offer diversification and income preservation

  • Hiscox remains cautious on investment risk

    24 February 2014

    Re/insurer reported growth in premiums and profits in 2013

  • European insurers' assets grow 8.6%

    17 February 2014

    Insurance Europe reports assets total at €8.4trn

  • European life insurers set to boost illiquid investments

    12 February 2014

    Mortgage and infrastructure loans on the agenda in 2014

  • Insurers can reap rewards through "marginal" asset diversification

    23 January 2014

    Solvency II's high capital charges are no barrier, says BlackRock

  • Commercial real estate investors add to criticism of Solvency II capital charges

    21 January 2014

    CFREC Europe and Inrev ask Eiopa to relax rules on commercial mortgage backed securities

  • Conning offers US insurers trade finance investments

    14 January 2014

    NAIC recently approved trade finance as an investable asset