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Groupama and French bank take stakes in CAA’s renewables affiliate
19 September 2019Development is second time Crédit Agricole Assurances partners with French bank for investing
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Varma and LGIM team up for ESG index fund
19 September 2019Finnish pension insurer has seeded the fund with €200m
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Spurring sustainable investments with capital charges
19 September 2019The question of capital charges punishing ‘brown’ investments or incentivising ‘green’ investments has come to the fore. While regulators are asking for risk-based evidence, stakeholders are not all in agreement on how to proceed. Vincent Huck reports
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Lloyd's emphasises: 'We're an insurer, not an investor'
18 September 2019Ten-fold jump in investment result in 1H prompts comment from CEO John Neal
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Lloyd's H1 profits rely on investment performance
18 September 2019Net investment income hits £2.3bn
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Many motor insurers rely on investments, amid underwriting losses
17 September 2019Insurance Risk Data industry report unveils overall underwriting loss
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Insurance Risk Data publishes 200-page Europe & Bermuda outsourcing report
17 September 2019Details provided for 1,100 investment mandates
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Axa IMRA buys €77m Spanish residential development
17 September 2019This is AXA’s asset manager third investment in Spain’s residential market
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German insurers shift bond holdings from domestic market to France
17 September 2019Eiopa statistics reveal a marginal shift in allocation
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Will BBB come back to bite?
17 September 2019Is the end of the credit cycle really in sight and, if so, are European insurers at risk of seeing their high yield assets coming back to bite them? A wave of credit downgrades could significantly impact solvency ratios and put insurers in the position of forced sellers. But how worried should they be? Vincent Huck reports