Archive

  • Fairfax posts $18.4m Q1 investment losses

    28 April 2017

    Losses stemmed but equities continue to plague the group's investment returns

  • Low rates to slice $55bn off insurers' investment income this year, predicts Moody's

    27 April 2017

    Insurers in Germany, Norway and Taiwan most likely to take hit on profits

  • Scor divests from tobacco

    27 April 2017

    Cash holdings reduced, fixed income duration increased and rebalanced towards corporate bonds

  • Eiopa requests evidence on unlisted equity and debt charges

    27 April 2017

    Consultation paper launched after Commission seeks to bolster Capital Markets Union

  • Phoenix funds £45m Birmingham housing project

    26 April 2017

    Cashflows in excess of gilts will back annuity book, and sit in matching adjustment portfolio

  • Transition to alternatives helps cut UK annuity pricing

    26 April 2017

    Insurers no longer reliant on corporate bond spreads

  • Outsourced or in-house: Zurich's CIO on finding the right balance

    26 April 2017

    Urban Angehrn oversees Zurich Insurance Group's $190bn asset book. With no pure asset management business in the group, he talks to Asa Gibson about selecting managers, deciding when to manage in-house and the importance of responsible investment.

  • Japanese insurers hunt en masse for foreign bonds

    26 April 2017

    Local bond investments will be more selective, underwriters say

  • Nuernberger's lower investment result a sign of the times for German life sector

    26 April 2017

    Finding yields above 1.2% for acceptable risk is a "considerable challenge", insurer says

  • Axa IM divests from coal reliant companies

    25 April 2017

    Manager will shed €165m in fixed income and €12m in equities to avoid holding 'stranded assets'