Archive

  • Insurers can reap rewards through "marginal" asset diversification

    23 January 2014

    Solvency II's high capital charges are no barrier, says BlackRock

  • Commercial real estate investors add to criticism of Solvency II capital charges

    21 January 2014

    CFREC Europe and Inrev ask Eiopa to relax rules on commercial mortgage backed securities

  • EU insurers' investments increasingly risky

    20 January 2014

    Search for good yields means more speculative assets held, says Fitch

  • German life insurers to benefit from cut in maximum rate

    15 January 2014

    Moody's says actuarial decision is positive for firms

  • Conning offers US insurers trade finance investments

    14 January 2014

    NAIC recently approved trade finance as an investable asset

  • German insurers fight "unreasonably high" Solvency II infrastructure capital charge

    14 January 2014

    Unlisted renewables and infrastructure should have 20% capital charge, says GDV

  • ING asset management head joins PineBridge

    08 January 2014

    Stephan van Vliet will lead PineBridge's insurance business

  • ERM basics: Proxy techniques enable risk-based decision making

    08 January 2014

    Proxy techniques, such as least squares Monte Carlo, allow faster analysis of risks and for many insurers they have become essential tools for aiding decision making, as Brian Robinson explains

  • RBS ALM director joins consultancy

    06 January 2014

    Ross Evans now at Hymans Robertson

  • Friends Life's Mark Versey: "Infrastructure is now a core investment strategy"

    22 November 2013

    Friends Life is now directly investing in both infrastructure and commercial real estate debt after awarding combined mandates of £1bn this year. Jamie Bullen asks chief investment officer Mark Versey what lies behind this new strategy