Archive

  • Insurers participate in AMP infrastructure fund

    28 March 2014

    China Life invests via Hong Kong subsidiary

  • Solvency II securitisation charges remain turn-off for insurers

    19 March 2014

    Capital charges high compared to other asset classes

  • SST raises awareness of asset risk

    17 March 2014

    But the regulation is positive for Swiss insurers, says Fitch

  • Prudential returns to bulk annuity market with £100m buy-in

    11 March 2014

    Deal covers 70% of Church Workers Pension Fund's members

  • Diversification and caution characterise insurers' 2014 asset strategies

    05 March 2014

    Another year of weak yields from bonds is prompting some insurers to continue diversifying their investment portfolios. But with predictions of weaker equity markets and continuing low interest rates, others are battening down the hatches. Jamie Bullen and Christopher Cundy report

  • Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway would clean-up following major cat

    04 March 2014

    Climate change not influencing cat risk calculations – yet

  • Conning's high-dividend equity strategies aimed at insurers

    27 February 2014

    Strategies said to offer diversification and income preservation

  • RSA's £775m rights issue at core of capital recovery plan

    27 February 2014

    Investments sold and disposals planned as 2013 results disappoint

  • Hiscox remains cautious on investment risk

    24 February 2014

    Re/insurer reported growth in premiums and profits in 2013

  • JP Morgan poaches BlackRock's head of sales

    24 February 2014

    James Peagam to head EU global insurance solutions