Benedicte Gravrand

• Insurers raise allocations to high-dividend equity strategies

  16 February 2016

  Better liability matching, accounting and tax treatments motivate switch, say asset managers

• IAG plans fund to invest in insuretech

  16 February 2016

  Australian insurer looking for business model innovation

• Japanese insurers hunt abroad as rates turn negative

  16 February 2016

  Overseas assets, products and acquisitions are proving attractive to a Japanese industry struggling under the burden of low interest rates. B. Gravrand reports.

• M&G expands long-lease investing to Europe

  15 February 2016

  Real estate fund launches with €265m from institutional investors

• AIG to reallocate portfolio to safe bonds and mortgage loans

  15 February 2016

  Dropping hedge funds to free up capital for shareholders

• Zurich's total return slumps as credit spreads widen

  12 February 2016

  Net investment returns also tumbles to 3.8% in 2015

• Nippon Life approved to buy 49% stake in Reliance Life

  12 February 2016

  New partnership will be called Reliance Nippon Life Insurance

• US P&C insurers' net investment gains near 2007 highs

  11 February 2016

  Investment income increased from last year despite difficult environment

• AIG to drop half its hedge fund portfolio

  10 February 2016

  Current allocation in more than 100 funds, or $11bn

• L&G's annuity assets under scrutiny

  10 February 2016

  Worries over credit markets and lending portfolio