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• Conning, Schroders and BlueBay among managers helping Lloyd's syndicates profit in 2019

  07 September 2020

  Analysis reveals where insuring made losses, but syndicates still posted profits

• Lloyd's syndicates $100m outsourcing treasure

  18 April 2019

  In the second part of our two-part series on Lloyd's syndicates and their investments, David Walker analyses their portfolio allocations and performance, uncovering a treasure most asset managers would want a map to.

• Unrealised losses on bonds restrict reinsurance sector’s overall return

  11 January 2019

  Investment yield appears to have bottomed-out and showed a small uptick to 2.7% in the first nine months of 2018, according to Aon reinsurance outlook

• Blackstone hires CRO for insurance investment arm

  28 September 2018

  Former XL Catlin head of global strategy Tsana Nobles will focus on risk assessing investments at Blackstone

• Lloyd's syndicates investment bill jumps 33%

  31 May 2018

  Returns also rose in 2017 thanks to conservative allocation to equity and risk assets

• Lloyd's syndicates slide down credit spectrum to boost returns

  12 April 2017

  Reduced exposure to sovereign and AAA-rated bonds

• Investment expenses jumped as yields fell for Lloyd's syndicates

  03 April 2017

  As Lloyd's syndicates begin to report their 2016 results, David Walker looks back at the 2015 figures and finds that investment expenses rose about 10% in 2015, but yields fell almost 40%.

• XL Catlin hires VP for alternative capital unit

  25 February 2016

  Daniel Brookman joins from Montpelier Re

• Alternative assets move up the London market billing

  17 December 2014

  With the London market likely to soften further in 2015, insurers will increasingly have to look beyond underwriting returns to make a profit, with many expected to revise asset strategies. Christopher Cundy explores

• Fixed income/other assets boost Catlin's first-half investment returns

  08 August 2014

  Posts $148m versus $16m a year earlier