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  • France looks for second generation of debt recovery fund, with a transition twist

    27 November 2023

    Insurers have already invested €2.7bn in the first generation

  • AXA France and Norges Bank dispose of Paris office

    31 July 2023

  • French insurers renew commitments to invest €3bn in unlisted SMEs for the next 5 years

    03 April 2023

    After surpassing their €2bn target in the three years to 2022

  • Allianz sees promise, in a life of less promises

    22 April 2022

    Once, lifers gave CEOs headaches and ate up their capital. But now, David Walker finds, it's their CEOs hungry for more, in a 'capital-lite' world

  • Axa France purchases €3m unsecured bonds in the form of 'security tokens'

    09 December 2021

    Blockchain transaction carried out by affiliated asset manager

  • French insurers launch €1.7bn debt recovery fund

    23 November 2021

    20 insurers and eight asset managers involved

  • France's largest insurers select three "climate conscious" managers

    03 July 2020

    Amundi, Sycomore AM and HSBC GAM win outsourcing mandates for three ESG funds totalling €585m

  • Largest 50 EEA insurance investors in bonds held €2.2trn in 2018

    02 January 2020

    French insurers favour govvies while UK insurers focus on corporates

  • France's largest insurers looking for climate-conscious asset managers

    19 November 2019

    Three mandates totalling €500m open for tender

  • Many motor insurers rely on investments, amid underwriting losses

    17 September 2019

    Insurance Risk Data industry report unveils overall underwriting loss