Archive

  • Insurers call for taxonomy of 'greenness' in investments

    27 July 2018

    Underwriters also say they want more sustainable investments

  • Change in US accounting rule increase ETFs attractiveness for insurers

    27 July 2018

    Report by Cerulli Associates advices ETF issuers to target insurance general accounts

  • M&G Investments’ CEO to depart as part of leadership shakeup

    27 July 2018

    Anne Richards will leave her role in August

  • Scor boosts credit exposure and investment yield

    26 July 2018

    French insurer harvested most gains from equities this year

  • Artificial intelligence gets real

    In recent investor presentations and earnings calls, we have increasingly come across the terms ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI) and its terminology bedfellows, ‘machine learning’ (ML) and ‘Big Data’. While companies have addressed these concepts for a few years now, they have taken centre stage in the last 12 months.

  • How to connect new technologies with strategy

    26 July 2018

    MetLife's chief digital officer Greg Baxter talks to Paul Walsh about which technologies are his top priorities, how such technologies can be applied to asset liability management in a Solvency II environment and what investments the firm is making in the digital economy.

  • Prudential acquires Thai asset manager

    26 July 2018

    Deal includes distribution agreement with Thai TMB Bank

  • PIC invests £150m in Heathrow airport

    26 July 2018

    Private bond matches PIC's liabilities years where public bond markets is down

  • Allianz Global Investors buys wind farms in France

    26 July 2018

    The firm seeks to expand its Allianz Renewable Energy Fund II

  • Chubb blames investment losses for softening book value

    25 July 2018

    But Swiss insurer announces milestones in Brexit plans