-
South Korean insurers in the low rates storm
02 January 2020Some South Korean insurers are making 1% too little from their investments to cover their promises. David Walker reports on the investment challenges the industry faces, and how it is coping.
-
Video: Frank Grund (BaFin) @ Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA 2019
31 December 2019Frank Grund, chief executive director of insurance and pension funds supervision at BaFin, discusses the regulatory priorities for 2020
-
UK insurers: one big disappointment for private equity managers in 2018
31 December 2019French insurers top rankings of equity investment volumes
-
Conning: Sipping at the top table
31 December 2019Insurance assets are the mine asset managers have been looking to tap into in the last few years. Conning has built out its business to do exactly that, and now takes a place on the top table. Chief executive Woody Bradford explains how. By Sarfraz Thind
-
Investors must treat negative bond decline with caution
30 December 2019Shrinking negative bond pool offers threat of false optimism, says Allianz's El-Erian
-
Australia's insurers to face climate stress tests in 2020
30 December 2019Apra's move comes as country's underwriters already face real-world effects of global warming
-
Man from the Pru targets Asia for investment growth
30 December 2019Region will be "preferred destination for capital" for UK group
-
UK top central banker: insurers not doing enough on climate change
30 December 2019Mark Carney made warning to all institutional investors on combatting warming
-
Japan's insurers in small minority on stewardship code
30 December 2019However affiliated managers are aplenty on signatory roster
-
Video: Corrado Pistarino (Foresters Friendly Society) @ IRC 2019
30 December 2019The chief investment officer of Foresters Friendly Society discusses new investment risks for insurers