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  • CIOs act further on climate investing in 2023, as Nat Cats give underwriters a 'breather'

    02 May 2024

    In severe 'Nat Cat years' before 2023, CIOs at Lloyd's acted as 'cash registers', disgorging cash to meet steep property claims. Last year, a 'break in the weather' let them 'take stock', and many seized that 'down-time' to progress climate-investing with managers and funds

  • Carbon-neutral Lancashire invests in sequestration credits for first time

    27 October 2022

    US hardwood forest projects, and tourists, benefitted in 2021

  • Lancashire Group reports 21% decrease in net investment income

    11 February 2022

    Driven primarily by unrealised losses in the fixed maturity portfolios

  • Meagre investment gains in H1 2021 for Lancashire Group

    28 July 2021

    Investment returns negatively impacted by yield curve steepening in Q1

  • Lloyd's syndicates see the light on ESG investing

    12 April 2021

    Annual statements promised greater openness on sustainable practices, but some are skeptical of the London market's approach to sustainability. David Walker reports.

  • Lancashire Holdings makes 1.3% on investments in H1

    30 July 2020

    Substantially lower than 3.2% recorded in 2019

  • Unrealised losses on bonds restrict reinsurance sector’s overall return

    11 January 2019

    Investment yield appears to have bottomed-out and showed a small uptick to 2.7% in the first nine months of 2018, according to Aon reinsurance outlook

  • Lancashire investment portfolio slips to loss in Q1

    03 May 2018

    Volatile equity markets and US rate increase dent total investment return

  • Lancashire Holdings highlights hedge funds as driver of investment returns

    27 July 2017

    UK insurer says equities also contributed to first-half gains

  • Lancashire gains from doubling equity position

    03 November 2016

    Strong Q3 performance also driven by fixed income and bank loans