Archive

  • Insurers see the gold in green

    09 April 2015

    Green bonds are looking increasingly attractive to insurance companies which want to meet their risk and return objectives while producing a positive environmental or social impact. But there are concerns about the definition and capacity of the market, as Mark Nicholls explains

  • Finnish insurer chooses Conning's ESG

    08 April 2015

    LocalTapiola signs up for Gems

  • US insurers expect little change in interest rates this year

    02 April 2015

    AM Best survey also highlights interest in less liquid assets

  • Ace and BlackRock launch ABR Re

    02 April 2015

    BlackRock will manage ABR Re's investments

  • O'Hanley to run State Street Global Advisers

    01 April 2015

    Former Fidelity man replaces Powers

  • AIG sells part of PICC stake

    31 March 2015

    $500m sale of assets to de-risk exposure

  • Navigating the hard realities of policy divergence

    31 March 2015

    The European Central Bank (ECB) unleashing quantitative easing just as the US Federal Reserve sits at the cusp of tightening is causing global currency spasms and market angst. Iain Stealy describes how insurance companies investing in bonds might react to these developments

  • China Pacific Insurance Group reports 2014 profit

    30 March 2015

    Boost from rise in investment income

  • Eiopa publishes infrastructure investments discussion paper

    27 March 2015

    Comments requested from insurers

  • US life insurers buy more triple-B paper

    27 March 2015

    But a more holistic portfolio approach is needed, says Conning