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WR Berkley's Q2 investment income falls by $100m on COVID-19 impact
22 July 2020Re/insurer keeps to defensive investment stance
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ACPR publishes climate change transition scenarios for insurers
20 July 2020Study examines two 'disorderly' responses to climate emergency
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Insurance Europe sets out stall on sustainable investments
20 July 2020Paper is part of reply to EC consultation
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Research report reveals insurers' fates under investment stress
20 July 2020Stress test results give asset managers vital market intelligence
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Private equity door opens for Chinese insurers
17 July 2020But regulator warns of "weak controls" over non-standard investments
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Conning launches cloud-based investment optimiser
16 July 2020System can run insurers' asset-only optimisations and/or optimise assets and liabilities
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BaFin warns insurers about outsourcing conflicts
15 July 2020Kick-backs, non-commercial terms and intra-group investments in German regulator's sights
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Investment returns raise Storebrand solvency in Q2
15 July 2020Norwegian insurer has re-stocked its equities portfolio
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S&P Global warns of further investment pain from pandemic
15 July 2020Insurance Risk Data finds most insurers modelled the real-world share price fall in SFCRs
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European insurers reported record equity holdings prior to COVID-19 market collapse
14 July 2020While underwriters like to call themselves 'fixed-income investors', they have become significant players in the equity markets, and the COVID-19 turbulences might not be all bad news. David Walker reports