Vincent Huck

• Insurers rate poorly on ESG reporting and integration

  21 August 2018

  A new report by research and rating agency Vigeo Eiris has ranked the insurance industry 23rd out 39 for environment, social and governance related performance. In particular the report highlights the industry's weakness in dealing with climate risk on both sides of its balance sheet. Vincent Huck reports

  

• South Koreans’ UK real estate investment doubles in H1

  20 August 2018

  £899m invested by insurance related asset managers, thanks to rule change

• Metlife IM and State Street agree $2bn commercial mortgage deal

  17 August 2018

  As part of the insurer’s asset manager fixed income strategy

• New rule facilitates investments in Argentinian venture capital

  15 August 2018

  Insurers can now invest up to 1% of their net assets in entrepreneurial projects

• US insurers pulling out of hedge funds

  14 August 2018

  Although insurers tend to have relatively low exposures to hedge funds, in recent years investments in the asset class have dropped amongst US insurers. However, changes in the economic environment suggest this trend could be reversed in the coming years. Vincent Huck reports

  

• MassMutual looking to sell asset manager unit

  10 August 2018

  Deal on OppenheimerFunds could be worth more than $5bn

• Widening spread of Italian debt takes big toll on capital ratios

  10 August 2018

  But hasn’t materially deteriorated insurers’ underlying risk profile, according to Moody’s

• Hannover Re 3.1% RoI for H1 beats expectation

  09 August 2018

  But realised gains and investment income dropped by 36% and 4% respectively

• Munich Re reports 12% drop in investment result in H1

  08 August 2018

  Reinsurer simultaneously announced new climate and divestment policy

• LV= reports negative investment return in H1

  07 August 2018

  Due to losses on hedges protecting the Solvency II balance sheet