Archive

  • Comment - Do inflation-linked bonds cover the rate of 'claims inflation' in kidnapping ransoms?

    05 June 2023

    The clouded world of insurance for the costs of ending kidnaps raises some intriguing questions

  • CDPQ and other Quebec investors pledge $300m in sustainability fund

    31 May 2023

    Investi Fund was launched by Innocap and Finance Montréal

  • French central bank's governor calls for carbon price

    24 April 2023

    And hint at short-term scenario requirements from NGFS

  • Investment fees leap at the Pru

    01 November 2022

    As with-profits fund buys into alternatives

  • Chart of the Week - Central bankers raise rates, hopes and ratios among Europe's insurers

    02 September 2022

    At last, an insurer's stress test for rising interest rates actually 'means something'

  • Rechabite Friendly says outsourcing to abrdn will help maximise ethical returns

    27 July 2022

    abrdn and Legal & General singled out in good year for insurer's investments

  • Research finds Europe's insurers hit 'peak stinginess' to shareholders

    01 July 2022

    Research paper found stress-tests did not affect buyback and dividend levels since 2018

  • Chart of the Week - How Russians react in a crisis

    17 June 2022

    Russia's insurers see unit-linked sales slump as interest rates leap

  • French regulators warn lifers' ESG efforts "non-existent" in some 'sustainable' products

    16 June 2022

    ACPR has intervened with lifers whose product promotions lacked balance

  • Central Bank of Russia reveals insurers' Q1 investment moves

    14 June 2022

    Not all CIOs took advantage of capital calculation leeway