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  • UnipolSai reveals 'exotic' and somewhat luxurious investments

    22 August 2023

    Italian's GA complements rivals' stakes in art, maritime loans, holiday homes and "a Danish ship"

  • Northern exposure - equities bestow mixed blessings on Nordic/Scandinavian insurers in 2022

    15 May 2023

    Markets may have dived as rates, geopolitical tension and inflation rocketed, but Scandinavian and Nordic insurers' faith in equities was not always misplaced. David Walker reports

  • Going with the floe - Nordic and Scandinavian CIOs' returns anything but glacial in 2021

    14 November 2022

    While central and southern European CIOs were busy grinding out returns in tough markets, their Nordic and Scandinavian peers were flying, finds Dåvid Wälker

  • Are 'collectibles' and artworks good for general accounts? Two insurers frame their arguments

    04 October 2022

    From gold to holiday homes, Europe's insurers searched far and wide for yield in 2021

  • The Viking's tale

    21 September 2021

    Vikings liked conquering things, so it surprised David Walker little that Nordic insurance CIOs vanquished 2020's turbulent markets

  • CIOs buy into fine art and mountain retreats for general accounts

    19 July 2021

    If sovereign bonds disappoint, a holiday home might not