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Reinsurers’ acquisition of alternative capital managers is heating up
14 August 2019S&P predicts more consolidation for global reinsurers
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Scor reduces corporate bond holdings and increases portfolio liquidity
25 July 2019French reinsurer H1 results suggests central banks’ stimulus could spur returns from riskier investments
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Negative rates needed to stave off crisis, warns SCOR Investment Partners CIO
07 June 2019Fed chairs decision not to increase rates should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism
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Scor Investment Partners acquires ILS fund manager
23 May 2019Scor IP now has an aggregate $2.1bn ILS assets under management
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Scor scales up coal divestment policies
29 April 2019Insurer Scor has strengthened its coal exclusion policies, but it still falls short of alignment with the goals set by the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Green bond strategies split French CIOs and CROs
09 April 2019The difference in approach between insurers' risk and investment functions has been revealed at an event organised by the French institute of actuaries, in partnership with Schroders and Axa. This examined insurers' strategies to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. Vincent Huck reports
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Global insurers partner with UN and WWF
21 January 2019Plan is to develop industry guide to protect World Heritage Sites through insurers’ risk management, insurance and investment activities
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Insurance and Climate Risk EMEA: riding the sustainability wave
18 January 2019A panel of five investment professionals share their thoughts on how to make the most out of sustainable investments and identify the challenges that lie ahead. Compiled by Adam Leach
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Unrealised losses on bonds restrict reinsurance sector’s overall return
11 January 2019Investment yield appears to have bottomed-out and showed a small uptick to 2.7% in the first nine months of 2018, according to Aon reinsurance outlook
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Insurance & Climate Risk EMEA conference: It’s no longer about the obstacles but about the opportunities
04 December 2018ESG investment needs to be more forward looking, panellists warn