News

  • Property price fall nearing CHF 1bn dents Swiss Life's 2023 results

    14 March 2024

    Group needs German and French property markets to stabilise to hit "lower end" of 2024 fee result target

  • Comment - When police only tell insurers half the story (about natcats)

    13 March 2024

    Insurers have a role to play in mitigating natcat losses - and Japan shows just how broadly they define their responsibility

  • A quarter of institutional investors expect "dramatic increase" in real estate development finance allocations over next three years

    13 March 2024

    Survey from Downing also finds ESG credentials of property development finance firms expected to come under increasing scrutiny

  • APAC CIOs to be 'interventionist' in coming year, predicts S&P Global Ratings

    13 March 2024

    Taiwanese insurers post T$40bn losses on FX hedging

  • Schroders Capital appoints global head of real estate capital formation

    13 March 2024

    Allen Chilten takes on role from 18 March

  • Rothesay completes £6bn BPA deal with Lloyds Banking Group and Scottish Widows

    13 March 2024

    Deal covers the pension benefits of 42,000 people

  • Lack of nature-related scenarios a challenge for target setting, insurers say

    12 March 2024

    Though tools exist, their limitations need to be understood, and information needs to become investment-useful, Fidelity, Phoenix and Abeille Assurance tell conference

  • KLP buys Oslo retail and office building for €222m

    12 March 2024

    Sale represents one of the largest deals in the Norwegian property sector since 2020

  • S&P Global voices concerns at some APAC insurers' property exposures

    12 March 2024

    Exposures of some Chinese insurers raise questions, but Japan, Taiwan and South Korea cause less worry

  • Comment - How Japan's insurers are making some very 'long-term investments', in society

    12 March 2024

    It seems few insurance industries are as committed to their societies in times of natcats, as Japan's