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Pimco, Microsoft and four financial service companies join in tech venture
08 January 2021Aim to create cloud-based operating platform for asset managers
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WR Berkley reaps $105m gain from New York office block sale
04 January 2021Re/insurer lists out outsourced alternative investments after vowing to stick with non-mainstream allocations
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US insurers timidly assessing climate risk
14 December 2020From increasingly fierce wildfires in California to recurring hurricane hits to the country's southern and eastern seaboards, US insurers are only too familiar with some intensifying effects of climate change, but are they doing anything about it? David Walker takes the temperature.
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43% of global re/insurance assets covered by divestment policies
02 December 2020Insure Our Future publishes annual scorecard on insurers' climate policies
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VIG set to add more than €500m to general account after regional M&A
30 November 2020M&A involved assets as well as liabilities for Austrian insurer
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Axa IMRA acquires four Spanish student accommodations
10 November 2020Alongside Greystar Real Estate and CBRE Global Investors
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In conversation: Guernsey's regulator on green capital charges
09 November 2020The director of banking and insurance, Jeremy Quick, and the assistant director, Matthew Tanner, at Guernsey Financial Services Commission talk to Vincent Huck about their recent proposal to introduce a 'green discount' for fixed income investments in the jurisdiction's solvency rules.
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Scor reveals reinvestment freeze at height of pandemic crisis
06 November 2020French underwriter's reinvestment yield is now 1.4%
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UK insurers lagging asset managers to hit UK stewardship code deadline
01 September 2020Research by EY highlights disconnect between underwriters and managers on stewardship issues
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Few Lloyd's syndicates detail actions on climate change
03 August 2020And most remain vague on the specifics