Archive

  • Brexit and investment challenges will dominate IAR conference

    06 June 2016

    Only a week to go to the major annual insurance asset event

  • Majority of Generali's SCR comes from investment risks

    18 March 2016

    Insurer risk-weights sovereign bonds in internal model

  • Generali Real Estate hires in EMEA restructuring

    14 March 2016

    Benelux and German investment managers appointed

  • Generali embarks on more active investment policy

    21 December 2015

    Generali has been seeking to expand its investment horizons in a bid to combat the impact of low European interest rates. But the pace of change is slow and Solvency II's stringent capital rules are partly to blame, as the company's EMEA CIO, Andreas Hoffmann, explains to Sarfraz Thind

  • Insurers dominate funding of climate awareness bond

    24 November 2015

    Ten insurers participate in €500m EIB private placement

  • Italian insurers would be worst hit by end of 0% capital charge for sovereign debt

    24 November 2015

    Fitch gauges impact of potential changes to Solvency II standard formula

  • Generali aims for more active portfolio management

    05 November 2015

    Real estate investment to be focused on Asia, UK and Eastern Europe

  • Insurers need change in mindset to embrace ETFs fully

    29 October 2015

    The attraction of exchange-traded funds to insurance investors is increasing but further growth may be slowed by regulatory worries and resistance from proponents of an active approach to portfolio management. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Generali licenses Conning software for investment team

    19 October 2015

    Italian insurer will use GEMS ESG for strategic asset allocation

  • Generali aims at diversification in fixed income

    30 July 2015

    Includes corporate bonds, private placements and guaranteed loans