Archive

  • Deals round-up: 28 Jan 2019

    28 January 2019

    Axa IMRA, Prudential, BNP Paribas Cardif, Garance

  • Unrealised losses on bonds restrict reinsurance sector’s overall return

    11 January 2019

    Investment yield appears to have bottomed-out and showed a small uptick to 2.7% in the first nine months of 2018, according to Aon reinsurance outlook

  • UK firms transfer £800bn in assets to Europe ahead of Brexit

    07 January 2019

    According to EY in the UK, since the EU referendum, 20 companies, including six insurers, have announced a transfer of assets out of London to Europe

  • Scottish Widows invests £76.5m in social housing

    11 December 2018

    Lloyds Banking Group insurance subsidiary to finance Wheatley Group’s purchase of 560 properties

  • IFRS 17 & 9 series: a fork in the road

    29 November 2018

    In the final part of this series on the impact of the international financial reporting standards (Ifrs) on insurers' financial reporting, Vincent Huck looks at the potential impact of the standards on risk appetite, and why insurers want to postpone implementing them.

  • IFRS 17 & 9 series: Asset allocation considerations

    22 November 2018

    In the second of a three parts series on the impact of the international financial reporting standards (Ifrs) on insurers' financial reporting, Vincent Huck looks at the potential impact of the new accounting standards, Ifrs 17 and 9, on asset allocation.

  • UK with-profit funds record average returns of 6.22% in 2017

    24 October 2018

    According to a survey of 52 funds across 20 insurers

  • Penn Mutual Asset Management aims to grow fixed income sales

    23 October 2018

    New hire Fanelli will work to increase business with insurance companies

  • Insurers in talks with private companies funding platform

    18 October 2018

    The Growth Stage links institutional investors with private companies

  • UK government announces second sale of student loan book

    12 October 2018

    First sale was completed in December 2017 and raised £1.7bn