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Are 'collectibles' and artworks good for general accounts? Two insurers frame their arguments
04 October 2022From gold to holiday homes, Europe's insurers searched far and wide for yield in 2021
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Munich Re unit expands 'buy-and-maintain' approach to active investment portfolio
04 October 2022Belgian unit reveals costs for outsourcing
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Chart of the week - Europe's captive insurers reveal their outsourcing habits
03 October 2022Captive insurers may be below-the-radar, but they're getting on top of some decidedly interesting asset allocations
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Belgian insurer spells out details of outsourcing with four independent asset managers
03 October 2022Non-lifer gives volumes and asset breakdowns for each mandate
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Allianz unit cuts ETFs, goes direct into equities for IFRS 9 and 17
03 October 2022Allianz Benelux transfers €1.5bn assets to Monument Re, to get nearer VA reference portfolio
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Inflation rockets to top risk for insurers in BlackRock survey
27 September 2022Liquidity a concern for all at classes
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French CIO reveals uniquely French investment in general account - a vineyard
26 September 2022Macif was not only French insurer turning to the bottle
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French insurer takes to capital-lite long-term equity funds in 2021
26 September 2022La Securitie Familiale meanwhile sees equity funds underperform direct holdings by half
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VIG unit subjects balance sheet to repeated rates tests as monetary policy fears materialised
23 September 2022Uncertainty of monetary policy plans drained liquidity from Treasury markets, Wiener noted in 2021
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Chart of the week - Sharp volatility hits interest rate risk SCR, in CIOs' market risk budgets
23 September 2022Insurance Risk Data reveals, at a time of rising interest rates, just how hard CIOs are working to control the risk