David Walker

Everest Re keeps building on alternatives, amid record investment result

Group had almost 13% in private equity and other alternatives by last year's end

Asahi Mutual Life Insurance outsources green energy investment to Sparx fund

Outsourcing is mutual's first investment in power storage plants

Meiji Yasuda's ESG direct lending tops JPY 50bn

Fidelity wins ESG property allocation from major Japanese insurer

European buildings will be renovated with underwriter's money

Gothaer AM institutes stricter oil and gas exclusion thresholds

Restrictions also apply to infrastructure projects facilitating the fossil fuels

Manulife IM seals partnership with Indonesia's sovereign fund for real asset and property investments

Collaboration will also have room for third-party capital

Investors reveal how Solvency II reform could change views on UK insurers' bonds

While EIOPA reveals how investors view European underwriters' bonds and equities

Fee schedules in insurance IMAs - the hard sell

From the most straightforward to some pock-marked by caveats and preconditions, investment provisions in investment management agreements span the full spectrum of complexity

Comment - the disaster haunting an Australian CIO's worst nightmare

Insurance Council of Australia describes the 'worst' flood natcat that could hit

Comment - Who wins, who loses, from Generali's deal with Conning

The Italian giant is in the midst of buying the US giant - but celebrating the plans already