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  • Axis Capital Q2 investment results down 67% from 2019

    29 July 2020

    Insurer hit by losses in credit and real estate

  • Chubb posts $2.7bn of quarterly post-tax investment gains

    29 July 2020

    But $1.2bn charge for COVID-19 sees company fall to $331m net loss for quarter

  • US P&C suffered sharpest cut to surplus on record in Q1 as markets plunged

    29 July 2020

    Annualised yield of 3% undercuts 3.3% 10-year average

  • BaFin extends Solvency II reporting exemptions "until further notice"

    29 July 2020

    Smaller insurers to benefit from German regulator's decree

  • ESG's negative impact on returns - myth or reality?

    29 July 2020

    A growing number of insurers have announced new or upgraded sustainable investment strategies in recent years. JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) and Insurance Asset Risk have joined forces to investigate the drivers behind insurers' sustainable strategies. Vincent Huck reports on the high-level key findings

  • COVID-19: Asian regulators increasingly concerned over liquidity risk

    28 July 2020

    Four areas need particular attention IFoA's Mahidhara Davangere says

  • Insurers most loyal to outsourced managers in COVID -19, survey finds

    28 July 2020

    Underwriters least likely to make investments in distressed strategies

  • Ping An establishes JV with Japanese COVID-19 vaccine developer

    28 July 2020

    The insurer said the investment will create various treatments for mainland patients

  • Mapfre investments income drops by 25% in H1 compared to same period last year

    27 July 2020

    Mostly due to down valuation of investment portfolio in Malta, Brazil and Spain

  • Mortgages - safe as houses, or 'waiving' goodbye to repayment returns?

    27 July 2020

    Home loans have proved popular with Europe's insurers, to the tune of €237bn invested in 2019, but that was in the good times. As many underwriters holding them are forced to delay collecting repayments amid COVID-19, some are re-running stress tests on their portfolios, David Walker finds