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APAC Weekly - Were Australian non-lifers' latest financial results a spectacular own-goal?
27 August 2024Come rain or shine, Australia's general insurers are under somewhat of a cloud
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QBE to lose $1.6bn of investment assets in North American reinsurance deal
09 August 2024Australian groups also building a HTM portfolio to improve rates risk
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APAC insurance groups reveal better investment outcomes for Bermudian subsidiaries
05 August 2024From outsourcing to equity beta data to income leaps, APAC-owned Bermudians reported on an investment job well done, in 2023
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Core competency - Lloyd's syndicates go outsourcing, and not just for peripheral assets
08 May 2024Lloyd's syndicates hire external help for the core of their general accounts, even if delegating makes more headlines when non-mainstream assets are involved
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CIOs act further on climate investing in 2023, as Nat Cats give underwriters a 'breather'
02 May 2024In 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
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"Bonds are back" - Goldilocks appears for Lloyd's syndicates' fixed income holdings
18 April 2024Not a big bad bear was in sight when syndicates published annual reports in March, but many warned of elevated geopolitical instability risks
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Investment income rockets at QBE while some underwriting misfires
16 February 2024Net investment income produced 141% better result in 2023 at Australian group
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Old dog, new(ish) tricks? Lloyd's CIOs get all esoteric
05 April 2023Lloyd's syndicates have held onto non-mainstream investments even as yields have risen - with some mixed results, David Walker finds
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Smooth transition is the lower climate cost, L&G's Walford says
01 December 2022Adding that ambitious targets are a way of reducing risk of additional volatility
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QBE extends scope of ethical investment programme
17 October 2022Premiums4Good has funnelled $1.4bn into ethically sound investments so far