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  • The days of an easy life for European non-life investment teams are over

    30 September 2019

    As many non-life insurers come to rely on their investment performance for an ever greater slice of their total profits, or to make up for underwriting losses, investment teams are looking at new asset classes with the help of external managers. Far greater transparency about the insurers' business practices is offering a unique glimpse into what they want and to whom they outsource this key task. David Walker reports

  • Pension funds and insurers commit to carbon-neutral investments by 2050

    25 September 2019

    The newly launched alliance is responsible for $2.4trn in investments

  • St James’s Place names outsourced managers to replace Woodford

    05 June 2019

    Columbia Threadneedle and RWC win Woodford’s mandate

  • St James's Place shares wobble as outsourcing to Woodford revealed

    05 June 2019

    Insurer and wealth manager lists Woodford as outsourcing manager

  • NN Group plans full divestment from coal by 2030

    29 May 2019

    €540m worth of coal investment affected by Dutch insurer’s new coal policy

  • Italian regulator calls for better property risk data

    12 February 2019

    Poor statistics make for poor risk modelling, Ivass says

  • MEAG and Luxcara structure debt and equity deal for wind farm

    14 August 2018

    Deal includes project bonds worth and privately placed equity investment with the Munich Re group

  • Chubb blames investment losses for softening book value

    25 July 2018

    But Swiss insurer announces milestones in Brexit plans

  • How regulatory data can unlock the door to competitive advantage

    26 June 2018

    The data in Solvency II quantitative reporting templates can be used to gain insight and edge, David Walker reports.

  • Standard Life acquires £400m UK asset manager

    03 January 2018

    Standard Life's financial planning business 1825 has agreed to acquire Cumberland Place Financial Management with assets under advice of around £400m ($541m)