Archive

  • Chinese insurance regulator to inspect Anbang - source

    11 May 2016

    CIRC is getting firmer grip on insurers' overseas deals

  • Investment results "a strain" on Munich Re's Q1 performance

    11 May 2016

    Mainly due to equity losses and negative currency translation

  • Axa agrees sale of Isle of Man investment house

    28 April 2016

    Life Company Consolidation Group is the buyer

  • European reinsurers unruffled by Q1 market volatility

    15 April 2016

    Hannover Re, Munich Re, Scor and Swiss Re investment income expected to be "broadly stable"

  • Axa may sell UK life and wealth units, Deutsche may sell Abbey Life - sources

    14 April 2016

    Standard Life, L&G, Swiss Re, Phoenix said to be among the bidders

  • Ban Ki-moon urges insurers to invest with climate in mind

    14 April 2016

    Not enough to create new products to respond to climate catastrophes

  • Two steps to maximise value from data deluge

    07 April 2016

    Survey finds a third of execs are unsure of how to get value from data

  • Largest Portuguese insurer piled up Chinese assets ahead of crash

    29 March 2016

    Fidelidade was acquired by Chinese conglomerate Fosun in 2014

  • L&G co-invests £400m in London super port

    24 March 2016

    L&G brings in £250m and the Pension Protection Fund £150m

  • Convertible bonds shine brighter under Solvency II

    22 March 2016

    Finding the sweet spot between the yield of an asset and its capital charge has become a core consideration for EU insurers. Convertible bonds may represent a golden opportunity, as Benedicte Gravrand reports