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UK equity release mortgages receive 'not risky' Fitch rating
07 June 2018ERMs enable lending insurers to match their long-term liabilities, Fitch Ratings says
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Legal & General to fund University of Lincoln student blocks
06 June 2018£25.6m investment aims to develop 301 student rooms
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Nippon Life invests in sustainable equity fund
05 June 2018The insurer’s wholly-owned asset management unit will oversee the fund
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Aon commits to the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance
05 June 2018It is the first insurance broker to sign up to the principles
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UK insurers could be forced to disclose climate risk by 2022
04 June 2018A UK parliamentary committee has called on government to act if regulators fail on implementing climate risk disclosures. While some witnesses highlighted to the committee the insurers' exposure to climate-related risk, some pointed out that thanks to Solvency II rules they might be ahead of the game. Michael Hurley and Vincent Huck report
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Provinzial NordWest picks Moody’s Analytics modelling technology
04 June 2018The three selected tools will be used for actuarial valuations and investment analysis
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Private markets: end of the credit cycle, start of a new era?
04 June 2018Insurers have increasingly invested in private assets in recent years to counter the low yield environment. But as we enter the later stages of the credit cycle, questions are being raised on whether private assets were tactical short-term choices, or if insurers have fully embraced these asset classes. Vincent Huck reports
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New sustainability index puts food sector on insurance industry's plate
01 June 2018A new index to capture the investment risks and opportunities in the food sector through the ESG lens has been launched. Abigail Herron discusses the findings on 60 of the largest listed livestock and fisheries companies, many of which will feature heavily in insurers' investment portfolios
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Lloyd's syndicates investment bill jumps 33%
31 May 2018Returns also rose in 2017 thanks to conservative allocation to equity and risk assets
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Legal & General IM chief executive to retire
31 May 2018Mark Zinkula has held the position since March 2011