Archive

  • Mid-sized French insurers take their general accounts off-piste

    28 October 2020

    A research report by Insurance Risk Data reveals how chief investment officers at smaller French insurers are hungry for more than just French govvies. David Walker reports

  • UK insurer reveals what it pays affiliate manager for investment duties

    08 October 2020

    Revelation follows similar publication for Schroders and Investec from Sheffield Mutual

  • Total to become Groupama's tenant

    16 June 2020

    Oil and gas company signed a 12-year renewable lease for its Parisian headquarters

  • Aviva Investors acquires Parisian building from Groupama Immobilier

    28 January 2020

    Long-term lease to a digital transformation business

  • Falling interest rates threaten French life insurers' solvency

    10 October 2019

    Moody's warns of pressure on profits and regulator's scrutiny if the trend continues

  • Groupama and French bank take stakes in CAA’s renewables affiliate

    19 September 2019

    Development is second time Crédit Agricole Assurances partners with French bank for investing

  • Axa IMRA to buy NorthStar Realty Europe

    05 July 2019

    Axa affiliate will take ownership of $1.1bn property portfolio if offer is approved by shareholders

  • French insurers’ climate-related disclosures under the spotlight

    23 November 2018

    Disclosures have improved, but retail investors still do not know whether their savings are invested in a sustainable future

  • European insurers’ outsourcing starts at home, Insurance Risk Data reveals

    02 November 2018

    But independents also win mandates, especially in UK market

  • Groupama halves equity holdings in six years

    16 March 2018

    French insurer Groupama has continued to divest from equities as part of the company's de-risking strategy for the past few years, it said in its results announcement today.