Archive

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon

    05 November 2024

    A trend gaining quite some traction is overseas expansion, among both general and life insurers as buyers, from Japan, involving a fairly widely-spread mix of targets

  • Sumitomo Life invests in good sleeping habits

    04 July 2024

    Japanese lifer is backing developer of wearable tech for healthy sleeping

  • Every $1 invested in climate resilience saves $13, report by Allstate finds

    25 June 2024

    In collaboration with the US Chamber of Commerce and the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation

  • Allstate invests in BlackRock-backed Decarbonisation Partners fund

    26 April 2024

    US insurer helps green vehicle to reach US$1.4bn final close

  • Democrats take aim at insurers with fossil fuel disclosure bill

    27 July 2023

    Polluter Portfolio Disclosure Act introduced after insurers withdraw insurance coverage from California due to catastrophe exposure

  • NAIC plan may cool insurer appetite for CLOs

    07 July 2022

    LSTA challenges authority's proposals to eliminate "CLO arbitrage"

  • Comment: Axa's new sensitivities suggest COVID-19 aftershocks

    11 May 2020

    French giant published scenarios involving credit downgrades and sovereigns' spreads

  • More pain for insurers' Q1 results

    08 May 2020

    Equity worst affected, hitting portfolios and AuM

  • Allstate slashes equity portfolio by $4bn in February as COVID-19 hits profits

    06 May 2020

    Company reports 35% fall in net investment income in Q1

  • Allstate poaches UBS chief for CIO role

    08 December 2016

    John Dugenske will oversee the group's $81bn investment portfolio