Archive

  • Direct Line hires CFO from Aviva

    10 April 2024

    Jane Poole to succeed Neil Manser from October

  • UK insurers to grow commercial ground rents investment, AlphaReal says

    21 December 2023

    Comments come as UK government proposes changes to existing leasehold agreements

  • Jessie Burrows becomes MS Amlin's new CFO

    20 September 2023

    Burrows joins from Direct Line Group

  • How best to describe a stuff-up? SFCR writers confront Whitehall's gilts-storm

    01 May 2023

    Remember, remember the 23rd of September - when gilt yields exploded, without a mote of gunpowder in sight. David Walker reads how UK insurers revisited the scene in their SFCRs

  • Direct Line Group carbon reduction targets approved by SBTi

    04 November 2022

    Targets focused on corporate bonds and commercial property and real estate loans portfolios

  • Direct Line Group appoints director of investment & capital management

    05 September 2022

    Nicola Hartley joins from Lloyd's of London

  • Direct Line Group's investment return falls 45% in H1

    04 August 2020

    Drop mostly due to commercial property revaluations

  • Direct Line sells £350m securitised credit portfolio

    08 November 2016

    Cites Solvency II requirements and disappointing returns

  • Outsourced or in-house: the great asset management debate

    26 November 2015

    In part 2 of this InsuranceERM/bfinance roundtable, participants discuss their approaches to managing assets in-house and using external asset managers

  • Designing asset strategies for the new business environment

    20 November 2015

    Many insurers have been reassessing their investment portfolios in light of low rates and Solvency II. In the first part of this InsuranceERM/bfinance roundtable, participants discuss concerns about diversification and liquidity, and whether they can be opportunistic enough in today's fast-moving markets