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Insurers shamed in ongoing criticism of coal industry investments
04 August 2017Munich Re, Swiss Re, Allianz, Generali and Zurich's exposure to coal exposed
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German insurer puts €600m into European real estate fund
18 July 2017Sole investor in Luxembourg-domiciled fund, which promises greater flexibility under Solvency II
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Solvency II filings reveal extent of life insurers' illiquid investments
28 June 2017Insurance Risk Data, the data service offered by the publishers of IAR, examined the QRTs of Europe's largest life companies that together run €1trn of investments and found they had allocated €375.7bn to five illiquid asset classes. David Walker reports
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Zurich analyst warns investors about green bond standards
19 June 2017Swiss insurer uses a satellite approach to ensure in-house and external managers are on same page
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Insurers are bystanders on climate change risk management
19 June 2017Majority of the industry falls short on managing climate change risks in investment portfolios, but Axa and Aviva deemed leaders by AODP report
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Issues around investment data disappoint insurers and regulators alike
14 June 2017Eiopa expresses surprise at quality of data on mainstream investments
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Industry surprised by regulators' lack of knowledge about private debt
13 June 2017But practitioners say underwriters need to familiarise themselves, too
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Zurich turns around its hedge fund portfolio
11 May 2017Asset class shows promise in otherwise disappointing quarter
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Outsourced or in-house: Zurich's CIO on finding the right balance
26 April 2017Urban Angehrn oversees Zurich Insurance Group's $190bn asset book. With no pure asset management business in the group, he talks to Asa Gibson about selecting managers, deciding when to manage in-house and the importance of responsible investment.
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Climate risk: how insurers are failing to join the dots on the investment side
12 April 2017The quantification of climate-related risks is strategically important for insurers in terms of underwriting and investing performance, but the industry is accused of not leveraging its underwriting expertise to benefit its asset allocation strategy. Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps reports