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Going off-piste - how French CIOs are embracing alternatives
10 January 2023As French insurers venture 'off-piste' in their general accounts, David Walker examines if the 'black runs' of alternative asset classes will be simply exciting - or could break a leg or two
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Comment - How EIOPA helps Europe's insurers 'keep up with the Kardashians'
28 December 2022EIOPA - and, separately, Insurance Risk Data - is helping practitioners to learn the latest about Europe's insurers, and their outsourcing preferences. By David Walker
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Chart of the Week - Europe's Largest Insurers
10 June 2022General accounts fell while unit-linked assets rose, at Europe's largest groups in 2021
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French insurers launch €1.7bn debt recovery fund
23 November 202120 insurers and eight asset managers involved
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French insurers commit €3.2bn to French tech companies
08 June 2021Accounting for half of the capital invested in the state sponsored Tibi program
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18 French insurers commit €11bn to finance SMEs recovery from COVID-19
26 April 2021Second round of financing planned for June
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MEAG acquires 50% share of solar park in California
16 December 2020Asset comprises two projects
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France's largest insurers select three "climate conscious" managers
03 July 2020Amundi, Sycomore AM and HSBC GAM win outsourcing mandates for three ESG funds totalling €585m
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European insurers reveal solvency damage from multi-faceted stress tests
08 June 2020Sensitivity tests include re-runs of 2008/09 and magnified German Reunification
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Italian insurer assets fell almost 10% in Q1 as BTP spreads widened
29 May 2020Regulator reassures industry solvency still held above 200%