Archive

  • Travelers posts Q2 loss of $40m compared to $557m gain last year

    23 July 2020

    US insurer hit by cats and lower investment income, COVID-19 losses modest

  • Comment: Global insurance CIOs well-positioned to weather COVID-19 storms

    23 July 2020

    Many insurers had already reduced portfolio risks in view of expensive valuations and anticipated credit cycle concerns, with the events of 2020 enabling accelerated decision making to capitalise on market dislocations, Etienne Comon writes on the back of Goldman Sachs Asset Management's annual insurance asset management survey.

  • L&G completes £450m refinancing for property fund

    23 July 2020

    Financing to provide extra investment capacity in e-commerce and warehouses

  • AllianzGI sued by US pension fund for pandemic-losses

    23 July 2020

    Arkansas teachers fund says AGI lost it $774m by employing "reckless strategy" this year

  • China's regulator spells out loosening of equities investment limits

    23 July 2020

    Ceilings will be tied to solvency ratios, CBIRC explains

  • Scor investment results escape battering from pandemic as underwriting is ravaged

    23 July 2020

    French insurer says will selectively redeploy cash into calmer markets

  • Axa forges ahead with unit-linked offering for real economy

    23 July 2020

    In line with new French business growth law

  • Quarter of US insurers upped IG credit allocation, DWS survey finds

    22 July 2020

    US investors maintaining steady allocations through pandemic

  • Highest quarterly downgrades on record for Asian high-yield bonds

    22 July 2020

    COVID-19 stress still affecting Asian high-yield, Moody's warns

  • WR Berkley's Q2 investment income falls by $100m on COVID-19 impact

    22 July 2020

    Re/insurer keeps to defensive investment stance