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EEA insurers' direct property investments dropped in 2020 as uncertainty abounded
03 January 2022Research by Insurance Asset Risk shows a 5% drop to €125.9bn
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Investcorp's field of dreams
03 January 2022Alternatives-asset manager Investcorp has purchased insurer Sunset Life, attracting smaller insurers to what is an increasingly competitive market. And it has some significant models to follow. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Chart of the year - Global insurers' 'Covid exposures' and other measures
31 December 2021In the wash-up from Covid, we reflect on how things were, one year on
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AIA president says renewables key to helping Mainland economy thrive
30 December 2021Underwriters put HK$270bn in bonds annually, "but not because we are getting a particularly good yield and certainly not a good spread"
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French underwriters axed nearly €1bn of coal exposure in 2020
29 December 2021Divestments happened at fastest rate since at least 2015
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AMP agrees M&A for infrastructure outsourcing partner
29 December 2021Wurttembergische, R&V and Gothaer among debt-investing clients of AMP Capital
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Chinese political risk - a real or imagined threat in the minds of CIOs?
29 December 2021To most investors China is an object of allocation-lust, for its gigantic size and the promise of exponential opportunities. But insurers still fear risk. Is that justified? Vincent Huck seeks some answers
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French and their equities
29 December 2021They love it, but in small proportions
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Allianz establishes Japanese residential property fund
29 December 2021In partnership with Ivanhoé Cambridge, it plans to raise $750m in first close
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Comment - Enter the dragon? Will Hong Kong's CIOs be persuaded, or compelled, to invest in China?
28 December 2021Hong Kong's insurers must meet claims/promises, but are being told they should support the Mainland's economy, too