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Swiss Re "dodged bullets" selling bonds in H1 before downgrades
31 July 2020Firm's ESG benchmark beats traditional equities and credit indices in H1
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Swiss Re investment returns and yield fall in 1H as markets bite
31 July 2020But group sold some bonds before downgrades and defaults
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Investment impairments hit Generali's H1 profits
30 July 2020Generali AM third-party assets decline by 3.5% this year
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Markel delays launching ILS fund as H1 investment losses hit $770.2m
29 July 2020Re/insurer also expects to book likely settlement with former CATCo CEO, Anthony Belisle, in Q3
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Chubb posts $2.7bn of quarterly post-tax investment gains
29 July 2020But $1.2bn charge for COVID-19 sees company fall to $331m net loss for quarter
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US P&C suffered sharpest cut to surplus on record in Q1 as markets plunged
29 July 2020Annualised yield of 3% undercuts 3.3% 10-year average
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BaFin extends Solvency II reporting exemptions "until further notice"
29 July 2020Smaller insurers to benefit from German regulator's decree
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Insurers most loyal to outsourced managers in COVID -19, survey finds
28 July 2020Underwriters least likely to make investments in distressed strategies
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Ping An establishes JV with Japanese COVID-19 vaccine developer
28 July 2020The insurer said the investment will create various treatments for mainland patients
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Mortgages - safe as houses, or 'waiving' goodbye to repayment returns?
27 July 2020Home loans have proved popular with Europe's insurers, to the tune of €237bn invested in 2019, but that was in the good times. As many underwriters holding them are forced to delay collecting repayments amid COVID-19, some are re-running stress tests on their portfolios, David Walker finds