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  • Munich Re hoards cash to avoid negative deposit rates

    18 March 2016

    Top global re-insurer doesn't want to lose out on negative deposit rates

  • Insurers and regulators still at odds over infrastructure investment

    05 June 2015

    Insurers' investment in infrastructure has stalled in the face of legal uncertainties over long-term commitments, proposed Solvency II capital charges that seem too high to the industry and growing competition for infrastructure assets. Sarfraz Thind explains

  • Talanx joins critics of Heta bond handling

    12 May 2015

    German insurer writes down €47m; rues Austrian stance

  • Funding of long-term projects threatened, says Munich Re chairman

    07 May 2015

    Group's $8bn for infrastructure depends on "reliability of terms and conditions"

  • Spread risk "at top of CEO agenda"

    18 November 2014

    Low yields have led insurers to take more asset risk

  • Low investment returns challenge Munich Re profit target

    09 May 2014

    Warning of more pressure in reinsurance