Archive

  • Core competency - Lloyd's syndicates go outsourcing, and not just for peripheral assets

    08 May 2024

    Lloyd's syndicates hire external help for the core of their general accounts, even if delegating makes more headlines when non-mainstream assets are involved

  • The other 'hiking' - Lloyd's syndicate CIOs trek further 'off the beaten path' for alternatives

    25 April 2024

    Yields on core fixed income may have improved with rate hikes of recent years, but some Lloyd's syndicate CIOs have ventured further from the well-trod path, searching for alternatives, as David Walker discovers

  • MS Amlin syndicate rings changes in outsourcing arrangements

    09 April 2024

    PE secondaries were on syndicate 2001's buy-list, in 2023

  • Chart of the Week - Lloyd's syndicates and illiquid investments

    05 April 2024

    Analysis reveals which syndicates like 'Level 3' assets most...and how much Apollo's syndicates have

  • SEC climate rules not wanted by insurers

    20 June 2022

    III says insurers promote net-zero via investments and already have sufficient disclosure

  • Generali places €200m green catastrophe note with investors

    28 June 2021

    Investment returns linked to wind and earthquake

  • Insurers call on regulators to lower capital charges on green investments

    29 January 2021

    "Onerous" charges are stymying insurer investing in green assets, World Bank senior advisor warns

  • Pimco and Oaktree buy stake in Polish developer

    11 June 2015

    One of largest real estate deals in the country