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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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Blackstone hires CRO for insurance investment arm
28 September 2018Former XL Catlin head of global strategy Tsana Nobles will focus on risk assessing investments at Blackstone
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Lloyd's syndicates investment bill jumps 33%
31 May 2018Returns also rose in 2017 thanks to conservative allocation to equity and risk assets
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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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Investment expenses jumped as yields fell for Lloyd's syndicates
03 April 2017As Lloyd's syndicates begin to report their 2016 results, David Walker looks back at the 2015 figures and finds that investment expenses rose about 10% in 2015, but yields fell almost 40%.
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XL Catlin hires VP for alternative capital unit
25 February 2016Daniel Brookman joins from Montpelier Re