News

• European insurers’ outsourcing starts at home, Insurance Risk Data reveals

  02 November 2018

  But independents also win mandates, especially in UK market

• US insurer CSAA seeds first Californian forest bond $4.6m

  01 November 2018

  Forest Resilience Bond to finance forest restoration in Northern California

• Swiss Re return on investment falls to 2.8%

  01 November 2018

  But group says it is in position to grow yield on reinvesting

• North American insurers expect investment returns to fall short of their targets

  31 October 2018

  80% of CIOs agree that business outperformance will require taking greater investment risk, according to survey

• Four countries hold 80% of European insurers’ €10trn investments

  31 October 2018

  France, the UK, Germany and Italy are Europe’s big four

• One tenth of the world’s 500 largest asset managers are insurers

  30 October 2018

  Assets of the largest insurers globally grew by 48% in 2017, according to WTW's research

• M&G Real Estate invests in Japanese homes

  30 October 2018

  Prudential’s real estate investment arm acquires 561 homes for $83.7m

• L&G buys into property tech start-up

  30 October 2018

  Legal & General Capital takes stake in connectivity accreditor WiredScore

• Allianz acquires Portuguese solar farm

  30 October 2018

  Bringing the insurer’s portfolio of solar farms and wind parks to 91

• Eiopa opens discussion on illiquid assets in Solvency II

  30 October 2018

  EU insurance authority requests feedback on its approach to assessing illiquidity characteristics