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  • News round-up - 30 July 2021

    30 July 2021

    New York Life; Scottish Widows; AllianzGI; Aberdeen Standard Investments; L&G; Achmea; Credit Agricole Assurances; M&G

  • Insurers take part in Onto's $175mSeries B fundraising

    27 July 2021

  • Modellers search how much worse COVID could get

    25 June 2021

    European insurers describe pandemic stress tests in 2020 SFCRs

  • The real deal - Europe's insurers primed for G7 infrastructure plan

    14 June 2021

    Leaders of the 'G7' economies announced the 'Build Back Better World' global infrastructure programme, a 'step-change' in their approach to 'mobilise private-sector capital' for the asset class as never before. Europe's insurers stand ready to help, David Walker reports.

  • Achmea bans further investments in oil and gas sector

    14 January 2021

    No longer buys into companies that derive more than 5% of revenues from the sectors

  • Achmea makes strategic investment in reforestation firm

    14 October 2020

    Dutch insurer uses Innovation Fund to buy stake in Land Life Company

  • Achmea investment income falls by 28.8%

    14 August 2020

    But value of investment portfolio increased by 7.3% due to lower interest rates

  • Mortgages - safe as houses, or 'waiving' goodbye to repayment returns?

    27 July 2020

    Home loans have proved popular with Europe's insurers, to the tune of €237bn invested in 2019, but that was in the good times. As many underwriters holding them are forced to delay collecting repayments amid COVID-19, some are re-running stress tests on their portfolios, David Walker finds

  • Dutch firms urge government to embed sustainability in COVID-19 recovery

    23 June 2020

    Insurers part of the 259 firms signatories to business statement

  • Achmea IM leads charge in calls for pharma co-operation

    17 April 2020

    International institutional investors ask them to aid in combat against COVID-19