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BlackRock highlights value of green bond investment for insurers
26 September 2018Asset manager says green bonds are an attractive entry point into sustainable investing for insurers
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US insurers lag in adjusting investments to low-carbon world
25 September 2018New York City, USA. On the sideline of the Insurance & Climate Risk Americas conference held this week, California insurance commissioner Dave Jones spoke to Insurance Asset Risk's Vincent Huck about US insurers' assessments of climate risk and how regulators can help.
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Rendez-Vous de Septembre: Clouded optimism in uncertain times
19 September 2018The annual reinsurance meeting in Monte Carlo is a good barometer to measure the sector's health. This year, amid successfully managing last year's losses from natural disasters, reinsurers' indicators seem to be flashing 'green'. But uncertainty still looms like black clouds in the distance. Vincent Huck reports
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Munich Re and Guggenheim deal talks fall flat
24 August 2018German insurer was to buy stake in asset manager or US financial conglomerate
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Austria: Eastern Promise Beckons for Asset Managers
23 August 2018Austrians' expanding businesses in eastern Europe, a commitment to ESG and their suffering at the hands of miserable debt yields, makes the country a market worth investigating in. David Walker reports.
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Insurers hear train coming
16 August 2018Europe's liberalisation move in the rail sector provides ample promises of returns for institutional investors such as insurers. Despite tailwinds from the legislators and regulators, investors still have to manage the complexity of such deals as well as the risks they incur to ultimately be on the right track. David Walker reports
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MEAG and Luxcara structure debt and equity deal for wind farm
14 August 2018Deal includes project bonds worth and privately placed equity investment with the Munich Re group
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Munich Re reports 12% drop in investment result in H1
08 August 2018Reinsurer simultaneously announced new climate and divestment policy
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Talanx and MEAG finance German rail venture
17 July 2018Transaction is believed to be first domestic play by such institutions
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Next Insurance raises $83m
16 July 2018Munich Re and Nationwide Insurance amongst the investors