David Walker

Australian health firms taste more drastic falls in investment income

Insurers lose 70% of investments by September despite doubling cash hoards

Asset managers turn from outsourcing partners to owners of Bermuda re/insurers

Research by Insurance Risk Data analyses the trend of part ownership of Bermudian re/insurers by asset managers, looking in particular at the investments of Wellington, Blackstone and Carlyle. David Walker reports

New England AM 'rescues' Lloyd's syndicates from losses in 2019

GSAM, BlueBay and Syz also saved multiple Lloyd's syndicates from posting losses in 2019

AIG praises hedge funds and private equity for Q3 income rising

Q2 PE results boost investment income, on one-month lag

Europe's general account regains all lost ground in Q2

EEA insurers had €7.9trn of GA investments by June

Chart: Why, where and how Europe's insurers use funds to invest

Länsförsäkringar outpaces MSCI on climate-awareness with new fund

Affiliated manager will commit 26% to companies with 'positive climate effects'

Fitch warns on pricing climate change into property-backed investments

Holders may not be factoring price- and insurance-loss into investment risk assessments

German P&C outlook stable but bad news for life insurers, Moody's says

Lifers continue contending with low interest rates and the Zinszusatzreserve

German insurers could be even greener if proportionality is applied better

GDV paper on Solvency II concept will be published this week