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Aviva under fire for taking only "baby steps" to move away from coal
10 May 2018Aviva has become the latest insurer slammed by the Unfriend Coal network for investing in the coal sector.
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Allianz to stop investing in coal completely by 2040
04 May 2018German insurer Allianz has announced it will phase out investments in the coal sector completely by 2040.
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Swiss Re US earnings face volatility from GAAP accounting change
04 April 2018Swiss Re has warned investors that new US accounting methods for equity and some alternative investments could lead to greater volatility in its US earnings when stock markets fluctuate.
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Equity volatility: how safe is your portfolio?
19 March 2018Equity volatility is back. After a muted 2017, things went a little haywire for equities in February. But are these tremors or the start of something bigger? And how should insurers react? By David Walker
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Talanx equity sales help feed life reserve fund
19 March 2018Talanx posted an 11.3% rise in income from investments in 2017 and crystallised gains—largely on its shareholdings—to help feed the mandatory reserve fund for its life business.
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Equities sales help Swiss Re to profit after $4.7bn of natcat losses
23 February 2018Swiss Re recorded a profit of $331m in 2017 despite receiving claims of $4.7bn from natural catastrophes including the three major Atlantic hurricanes, Californian wildfires and cyclone Debbie in Australia.
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Insurers' third-party coal assets attacked by environmentalists
08 February 2018With some firms withdrawing their own investments from coal-related businesses, environmentalists are pressuring insurers to act on third-party assets. Cintia Cheong reports
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IAG refutes accusations it is an asset manager following quota deals
08 December 2017Analysts query true nature of Australasian group after deal with European reinsurers
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Swiss Re to elect women to board enriching investment, regulation and activism expertise
08 December 2017More women to inject digitalisation experience to senior echelons
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Zurich raises impact investment commitment to $5bn
23 November 2017Zurich has more than doubled its impact investment target to $5bn, as it broadens its remit beyond green bonds.