Archive

  • BaFin warns insurers about outsourcing conflicts

    15 July 2020

    Kick-backs, non-commercial terms and intra-group investments in German regulator's sights

  • Investment returns raise Storebrand solvency in Q2

    15 July 2020

    Norwegian insurer has re-stocked its equities portfolio

  • S&P Global warns of further investment pain from pandemic

    15 July 2020

    Insurance Risk Data finds most insurers modelled the real-world share price fall in SFCRs

  • Taiwanese dollar appreciation lures domestic life firms back

    15 July 2020

    Insurers had looked to foreign assets to match long-dated liabilities

  • PGIM restructuring of equity business leads to CIO appointment

    15 July 2020

    George Patterson takes up role at the quant equity unit

  • MetLife coal divestment policy not up to par, say environmental groups

    15 July 2020

    Insurer became first major US life company to announce coal divestment last month

  • Gjensidige suffers NOK 382m H1 investment hit, despite overall positive result

    14 July 2020

    Largest losses came from high yield bonds and equity funds

  • European insurers reported record equity holdings prior to COVID-19 market collapse

    14 July 2020

    While underwriters like to call themselves 'fixed-income investors', they have become significant players in the equity markets, and the COVID-19 turbulences might not be all bad news. David Walker reports

  • Bank of England governor reveals fragility of Libor

    14 July 2020

    Most sterling submissions this year referenced no actual transaction, Andrew Bailey says

  • DWS and NMC join forces for private market investments

    14 July 2020

    Private equity teams to collaborate