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  • French insurers committed €1.2bn in partnership to fund unlisted SMEs

    13 February 2019

    The five insurers and an investment bank invested in 63 funds

  • Crédit Agricole Assurances – a quiet strength

    24 January 2019

    Jean-Jacques Duchamp, deputy chief executive officer of Crédit Agricole Assurances, discusses the group’s asset allocation strategy and why coal is not off its agenda yet. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • Crédit Agricole Assurances purchases minority stake in Italian bank

    25 July 2018

    Insurer aims to grow its shareholding to 5% as part of an exclusive partnership with CreVal in the life insurance business

  • AXA IMRA and CA Assurances acquire share in French natural gas terminal

    03 July 2018

    Both firms acquire 15.19% and back Fluxys to become majority shareholder

  • MetLife buys €100m green bonds

    04 April 2018

    MetLife Investment Management, the asset management arm of US insurer MetLife, has purchased €100m ($123m) of green bonds from WDP, a real estate investment company based in Belgium.

  • World's biggest green bond fund attracts insurers

    26 March 2018

    Amundi has launched the world's biggest green bond fund with $1.42bn in investments from insurers, pension funds and development banks.

  • Largest insurers use SFCRs to extend transparency of investments

    03 January 2018

    Insurance Risk Data's analysis of the first SFCR submissions reveals information goes far beyond fundamental insights of quantitative reporting templates. David Walker reports

  • How asset managers can data-mine 3,500 insurers

    04 October 2017

    Solvency II reports are giving investment managers a goldmine of data and narrative by which to analyse underwriters and win a competitive edge. David Walker explains how.

  • Insurers neglecting climate risks to asset portfolios

    21 July 2016

    Ageas, MassMutual, Talanx and New York Life among the worst

  • French insurers take stakes in hotel development company

    18 June 2015

    Crédit Agricole Assurances and Sogécap invest in FDM Management