Archive

  • German insurers call for more green investment opportunities

    18 August 2021

    Their regulator warns against the danger of 'greenwashing' investments

  • Solvency II 2020 review: are green capital charges inimical to profitability?

    30 January 2020

    Finding ways to channel institutional investors' capital towards climate change-mitigating projects has become a priority. The European Commission has launched a review of its insurance regulation with a conference in Brussels. There, the question of green supporting capital charges was unavoidable. Vincent Huck reports

  • How low and how long?

    14 November 2019

    Low interest rates are here to stay, might be the only consensus in the insurance investment market right now. But how low and how long will they stay remains an unanswered question. A panel of two economists and a consultant tried to provide some answers. Vincent Huck reports

  • Take a guess: 10-year German bund yields at the end of 2021?

    13 November 2019

    Munich Re chief economist gives his view