Benedicte Gravrand

• US insurers raise exposure to alternatives

  06 April 2016

  US insurers are increasing their exposure to alternative investments at the expense of allocations to non-performing fixed income portfolios, reports Benedicte Gravrand

• Anbang to buy Allianz's South Korea units

  06 April 2016

  Chinese insurance group resumes globalisation strategy

• Solvency II asset data reporting "still chaotic"

  05 April 2016

  First submissions due in May

• Aviva puts industrial property portfolio on market

  01 April 2016

  Cara portfolio was inherited as part of merger with Friends Life

• Anbang backs out of Starwood bid

  01 April 2016

  Blames "various market considerations"

• China Pacific expands third-party assets to boost revenue

  01 April 2016

  Third-party assets' share increased from 6.8% in 2011 to 21.5% in 2015

• China Taiping profited from higher equity exposure in H1 2015

  01 April 2016

  Investment returns climbed to almost 8%

• China Life increases equity exposure to compensate for eroding profits

  01 April 2016

  Chinese insurer's investments yielded 6.2% in 2015

• PICC challenged to reach 2016 investment target

  01 April 2016

  Chinese insurer expects lower returns from debt and equities

• Japan Post and Dai-ichi Life to merge investment strategy

  31 March 2016

  The two Japanese insurers will also tie up other operations in their new alliance