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Climate risk: how insurers are failing to join the dots on the investment side
12 April 2017The quantification of climate-related risks is strategically important for insurers in terms of underwriting and investing performance, but the industry is accused of not leveraging its underwriting expertise to benefit its asset allocation strategy. Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps reports
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Lloyd's syndicates slide down credit spectrum to boost returns
12 April 2017Reduced exposure to sovereign and AAA-rated bonds
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Alternatives shine for Lloyd's syndicates
05 April 2017Following the insights gleaned on rising manager fees and falling yields for Lloyd's syndicates, David Walker shines light on the well-performing fraction of alternative investments made by the sector in 2015.
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Investment expenses jumped as yields fell for Lloyd's syndicates
03 April 2017As Lloyd's syndicates begin to report their 2016 results, David Walker looks back at the 2015 figures and finds that investment expenses rose about 10% in 2015, but yields fell almost 40%.
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Premiums 4 Good: QBE's unique approach to responsible investment
10 March 2017Insurance Asset Risk this month will feature a number of analysis and thought leaderships on responsible investment. In this article, Tom Herbstein and Andrew Voysey from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership discuss QBE's initiative that allows its customers to have up to 25% of their premiums invested responsibly.
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Stranded assets are real threat to industry - Lloyd's
23 February 2017Energy, commercial real estate and shipping assets most vulnerable, report says
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How does Brexit affect insurers' assets?
09 March 2016Aside from a currency impact, likely effects include market volatility, a hit on UK government bonds and wider corporate spreads. Benedicte Gravrand reports
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Chinese insurers to invest $73bn in real estate abroad by 2019
25 November 2015Insurance sector's allocation to property is well below permissible level, says Cushman & Wakefield
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Insurers risk "huge" losses on stranded assets, Carney says
30 September 2015Heightened capital requirements for high-carbon investments ruled out
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UK insurers on track for £25bn infrastructure commitment
08 January 2015Andrea Leadsom says £5bn invested in last 12 months