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Baloise softens blow of low rates with US dollar real assets
30 August 2017Move away from Swiss bonds provides net return of 1.4% on insurance investments
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China Life partners with Baidu in $1bn tech fund
24 August 2017Fund to focus on companies with strong association with China after regulatory clampdown
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Low rates push Uniqa's investment income lower
23 August 2017Net income down 7.5% year on year to €233m, but fall slowing compared to 2016
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German non-life average investment yield to decline further, says Fitch
23 August 2017Trend of premium increases to offset poor yields set to continue into 2018
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Prudential combines M&G with UK and Europe business
10 August 2017New business to manage £332bn in assets, with greater scale enabling group to move to a capital-light model under Solvency II
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'Bring it on': California commissioner bullish on fossil fuel divestment
14 July 2017Commissioner Dave Jones was threatened with legal action from 12 Republican attorney generals who oppose his fossil fuel investments disclosure initiative. The threats appear to have spurred Jones on, however. Callum Tanner reports
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Eiopa proposes alignment of RGLA and sovereign capital charges
05 July 2017Authority agrees with firms' arguments and plans to deliver advice to Commission in October
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Equity risk going up, liquidity risk down at Europe's insurers, says Eiopa
21 June 2017Latest report finds low rates still top concern but less so than last year
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Aviva offloads over £1bn bonds and shares in tobacco firms
21 June 2017Joins Scor and Axa's drive to limit investment, citing threat to public health
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Volatility expected on gilt-swap spreads as election result sees push and pull factors
09 June 2017Gilts a short-term safe haven for UK investors but less so for foreign investors with aversion to UK political risk, says Nomura
- Taiwan's insurance regulator proposes amending rules for discretionary outsourcing
- Insurers eyeing private markets, Schroders survey finds
- Manulife appoints new CEO
- Complacency is key risk to watch for, Swiss Re's Haegeli warns
- Axa IM appoints Ouajnat Karim as UK CEO
- MassMutual appoints new CFO
- Da-ichi Life outsources JPY 1bn of IT startup investing to local emerging manager
- Swiss Re Institute forecasts slower US and UK interest rate cut trajectories post-elections
- Philippines regulator acts on risk charges for infrastructure investments by re/insurers
- Growth is a dangerous thing
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Ukraine's insurers react, as Russia's miserable invasion hits 1,000 days
22 November 2024Even in wartime, Ukraine's brave CIOs show that general account management must go on
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L&G's Bruntwood SciTech to invest £200m in London innovation centre
21 November 2024As part of partnership's first deal in London
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Manulife names new wealth and AM head, from Citi
21 November 2024Incumbent Michael Dommermuth is leaving next month
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European insurers' ratings safe from EIOPA fossil surcharges, Fitch says
21 November 2024Agency predicts proposed increase in capital requirements would affect firms' Solvency II ratios by less than 100bps
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Has ESG become the ugly duckling of sustainability?
21 November 2024Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's recent Responsible Investing for Insurers event discuss the difference between ESG and Impact Investing, as well as some of the challenges they are facing while building out their impact portfolios
