Archive

  • Insurers' equity holdings could lose 25% of their value due to transition risk, EIOPA says

    16 December 2020

    Hungarians, Swedes and UK insurers most exposed to climate change related transition risk

  • US needs to raise rates to offer "any semblance of return," Hartford CEO says

    15 December 2020

    Rates down 125bps in one year, magnitude of decline bites on insurance industry

  • Axa IMRA acquires French logistics development site

    15 December 2020

    Asset manager to buy site from Quartus Logistique, who will remain as developer

  • L&G agrees to £100m funding of BTR site in Birmingham

    15 December 2020

    BTR sector has delivered stable income return during pandemic, insurer says

  • Barings acquires office complex in Munich from Conren Land

    15 December 2020

    Property was valued at €84m in 2017

  • Axa IM divests from SBI's green bonds amid Carmichael coal furore

    14 December 2020

    Manager says it engaged with SBI on the issue, and will continue to engage, potentially buying its green bonds again

  • Net Zero Asset Managers initiative sets sail with 30 signatories combining $9trn of assets

    14 December 2020

    Insurance affiliated managers amongst founding signatories

  • Aegon discloses plan to cut interest rate risk over next two years

    14 December 2020

    Group CRO outlines three stages to bolster against continued interest rate decline

  • Uniqa to increase green investments to over €1bn by 2025

    14 December 2020

    Looking towards EU Taxonomy-compliant investments

  • US insurers timidly assessing climate risk

    14 December 2020

    From increasingly fierce wildfires in California to recurring hurricane hits to the country's southern and eastern seaboards, US insurers are only too familiar with some intensifying effects of climate change, but are they doing anything about it? David Walker takes the temperature.