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Lloyd's emphasises: 'We're an insurer, not an investor'
18 September 2019Ten-fold jump in investment result in 1H prompts comment from CEO John Neal
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Lloyd's H1 profits rely on investment performance
18 September 2019Net investment income hits £2.3bn
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Many motor insurers rely on investments, amid underwriting losses
17 September 2019Insurance Risk Data industry report unveils overall underwriting loss
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Insurance Risk Data publishes 200-page Europe & Bermuda outsourcing report
17 September 2019Details provided for 1,100 investment mandates
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Axa IMRA buys €77m Spanish residential development
17 September 2019This is AXA’s asset manager third investment in Spain’s residential market
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German insurers shift bond holdings from domestic market to France
17 September 2019Eiopa statistics reveal a marginal shift in allocation
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Will BBB come back to bite?
17 September 2019Is the end of the credit cycle really in sight and, if so, are European insurers at risk of seeing their high yield assets coming back to bite them? A wave of credit downgrades could significantly impact solvency ratios and put insurers in the position of forced sellers. But how worried should they be? Vincent Huck reports
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Longer-term products push Chinese life firms into more property, alternatives
16 September 2019Fitch expects Hong Kong-listed companies to want more strategic equities, too
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Aviva Investors hires head of ESG for real assets
16 September 2019The firm has a £45bn real assets portfolio
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How Europe's insurers are falling out of love with their governments
16 September 2019Local sovereigns often took biggest culls from general accounts in 2018, Eiopa data shows