Archive

  • Northern exposure - equities bestow mixed blessings on Nordic/Scandinavian insurers in 2022

    15 May 2023

    Markets may have dived as rates, geopolitical tension and inflation rocketed, but Scandinavian and Nordic insurers' faith in equities was not always misplaced. David Walker reports

  • French insurers renew commitments to invest €3bn in unlisted SMEs for the next 5 years

    03 April 2023

    After surpassing their €2bn target in the three years to 2022

  • Chart of the Week: Solvency capital charges, and what a cactus and CIO (should) have in common

    10 March 2023

    Average Solvency II capital charges by insurers' GA sizes reveal some unexpected findings

  • Going off-piste - how French CIOs are embracing alternatives

    10 January 2023

    As French insurers venture 'off-piste' in their general accounts, David Walker examines if the 'black runs' of alternative asset classes will be simply exciting - or could break a leg or two

  • Chart of the Week - Europe's Largest Insurers

    10 June 2022

    General accounts fell while unit-linked assets rose, at Europe's largest groups in 2021

  • French insurers launch €1.7bn debt recovery fund

    23 November 2021

    20 insurers and eight asset managers involved

  • France's largest insurers select three "climate conscious" managers

    03 July 2020

    Amundi, Sycomore AM and HSBC GAM win outsourcing mandates for three ESG funds totalling €585m

  • France's largest insurers looking for climate-conscious asset managers

    19 November 2019

    Three mandates totalling €500m open for tender

  • Natixis Assurances MD appointed president of French Bancassurance Group

    25 July 2019

    Jean-François Lequoy will also serve as vice-president of the French Insurance Federation

  • Axa IMRA to buy NorthStar Realty Europe

    05 July 2019

    Axa affiliate will take ownership of $1.1bn property portfolio if offer is approved by shareholders