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Comment: 'Saving democracy' may be the next ESG investment frontier for CIOs

Underwriters are defending democratic values in words and deeds, will CIOs follow suit?

Interest reserve unwind continues at German life insurers as rates rose in 2023

Some life firms had to sell down assets in previous years to fund the ZZR

Insurers back €1bn German venture capital fund of funds

Generali Deutschland and Debeka among insurers to invest in fund

Debeka joins national infrastructure initiative

Initiative deutsche Infrastruktur aims to build knowledge and framework for investing

Allianz sees promise, in a life of less promises

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

Chart of the Week: Insuring in World War II

David Walker listens to the echoes of History

Debeka plans sub-80% classic fixed income exposure and harder ESG engagement

GDV reveals German insurers have €11bn invested in solar/wind renewables

Chart of the week: How Europe's health insurers allocate their general accounts

IRD report reveals average allocations of European insurers

Chart of the week - Where Europe's health insurers invest

German life firms reveal which investments got sold to feed ZZR

But Allianz Leben says the reserve aids systemic sustainability