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  • Watford Re reports 35% drop in investment income in Q3

    30 October 2019

    Hedge fund reinsurer hit by wider high yield spreads

  • To outsource the CIO, or not?

    29 October 2019

    While outsourced CIOs have been predominantly used in the pension space up until now, small US insurers are increasingly seeing the benefits of such a move. But insurers' needs differ widely from those of pension funds, and service providers will need to prove their worth to win mandates. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Solvency II equity capital charges "absurd", French MoF says

    29 October 2019

    Profile of liabilities backed by equities vital in capital charge decision, Eiopa chairman replies

  • Apollo doubles stake in Athene

    28 October 2019

    Asset manager now holds 35% of insurer with $1.5bn stock acquisition

  • Solvency II treatment of interest rate risk is wrong, Eiopa’s Bernardino says

    28 October 2019

    Europe should be proud of its regulatory regime, European watchdog says at French industry event

  • M&G makes $300m equity investment in aircraft leasing fund

    28 October 2019

    Asset manager will also take a stake in Sky Leasing, a full-service aircraft asset manager

  • French regulator reveals priorities under Solvency II review

    28 October 2019

    Governor François Villeroy de Galhau also tells insurers to reduce rates to policyholders and to diversify

  • Achilles Sofroniou leaves CIO role at Canopius Group

    28 October 2019

    He is replaced by Gareth Russell

  • PIC invests a further £40m in Soha Housing

    28 October 2019

    It follows an initial £40m investment in 2018

  • Fostering investments should be EC's main priority, Luxembourg MoF says

    25 October 2019

    Gramegna also points at digitalisation and climate change as main challenges for insurers