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Mapfre subscribes to UN's Responsible Investment Principles
09 May 2017List of insurance signatories grows as pressure mounts on industry to invest responsibly
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Munich Re harvests gains to feed ZZR
09 May 2017"Unusually high" gain realisation results in "inflated RoI of 3.6%"
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'Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action'
05 May 2017Axa and Vivat's investment arms recently announced coal exclusion policies, while Axa also committed to stop underwriting coal projects – could this be a model for the rest of the industry? Peter Bosshard from anti-fossil fuel NGO the Sunrise Project comments.
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Nuernberger's lower investment result a sign of the times for German life sector
26 April 2017Finding yields above 1.2% for acceptable risk is a "considerable challenge", insurer says
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Volkswohl Bund stems fall in yields with renewables and foreign investments
21 April 2017German life firm accelerates level of stockpiling reserves for in-force policies
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Indonesia set to curb foreign insurers' investments in local industry
21 April 2017Allianz, Aviva and Fairfax among investors that must keep shareholdings below 80%
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Japanese pension interest in hard assets contagious for insurers, says AMP Capital
12 April 2017Affiliate manager expects global deployment of capital into infrastructure and property
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Lloyd's syndicates slide down credit spectrum to boost returns
12 April 2017Reduced exposure to sovereign and AAA-rated bonds
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Munich Re's VC arm leads $45m insurtech funding
07 April 2017Japanese insurer Sompo and Australian firm Suncorp join funding round
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'Trump effect' and alternatives boost 2016 returns for Lloyd's syndicates
06 April 2017Illiquid credit, equities and hedge funds favoured by some at the expense of sovereign exposure