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Don't wait for regulation to act on climate, EC director tells insurers
04 February 2021While climate activists call on regulators to step in and the industry asks for help as "insurers can't do it alone"
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43% of global re/insurance assets covered by divestment policies
02 December 2020Insure Our Future publishes annual scorecard on insurers' climate policies
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Munich Re issues its first green bond
25 September 2020The €1.25bn issue will be used for financing sustainable investments in energy, transportation, and green buildings
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Chart: Swiss insurers' 2019 investments
11 September 202024% real estate weighting, source of concern for the regulator
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Vaudoise investment profits fall despite tactical trading on credit and hedges in H1
03 September 2020Swiss group maintains strategic preference for fixed income and property
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Munich Re reveals diminished level of write-downs in Q2
06 August 2020German reinsurer even wrote up value of fixed income holdings
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Australian insurers lick Q1 investment wounds worth A$10.8bn
28 May 2020Regulator praises industry for deferring dividends, or re-stocking with capital raisings
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More pain for insurers' Q1 results
08 May 2020Equity worst affected, hitting portfolios and AuM
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Munich Re reveals €1.6bn quarterly gain from equities hedging
07 May 2020Derivatives gains offset write-downs to life Q1 investment result
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Suspension of dividend payments, more firepower for the investment teams?
09 April 2020As some insurers follow suit on regulators' urge not to pay dividends and others refuse to comply, Vincent Huck looks at whether dividend retention could result in more ammunition for the investment teams to invest in markets