Archive

  • In the face of negative yields, lower credit quality or diversify?

    02 September 2019

    Scor IP's CIO, Rossary, makes the case for infrastructure debt as a good diversifier.

  • US P&C muni bond allocations fall 11% post-corporate tax change

    02 September 2019

    Significant cuts for individual insurers, says AM Best

  • Europe's non-life sector relies on investments as one-third of underwriting loses money

    30 August 2019

    Irish underwriters did worst in 2018 while investment teams struggled, too, Insurance Risk Data finds

  • Prudential Financial appoints Andrew Sullivan as US head

    30 August 2019

    Overall responsibility for investment management arm PGIM

  • Anbang Asset Management becomes Dajia Asset Management

    30 August 2019

    Dajia sets up four units to take over Anbang’s assets

  • LGIM Real Assets invests £57m in UK solar portfolios

    30 August 2019

    Transaction is the latest in a series of renewable energy investments

  • Chesnara’s cash generation crushed by Solvency II equity adjustment

    29 August 2019

    UK life and pensions group also adopts volatility adjustment as markets get choppy

  • IAR Americas: Insurers must invest with an eye on cycle

    29 August 2019

    Flexibility needed to steer through turning economy, says AIG deputy CIO Sabal

  • Insurers get defensive in the face of Brexit fears

    29 August 2019

    In the three years since the UK voted to leave the European Union, the emotional pendulum has swung from hope to despair – regardless of where one stands on the issue – making fertile ground for comments. But what do the numbers say when looking at insurers' asset allocation in the years since the referendum? Vincent Huck reports.

  • Ping An becomes first Chinese insurer to sign UN PRI

    28 August 2019

    It joins 2,500 organisations signed up to the sustainable finance initiative