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• Blackstone-backed Ki syndicate at Lloyd's fires for alternatives manager

  01 April 2025

  Algorithmically-driven syndicate is backed by the asset manager and insurer Fairfax

• Canadian insurers guilty of "major contradiction" on continued investment in fossil fuels, I4PC says

  10 July 2024

  Insurers still investing billions in fossil fuels, shareholder advocacy group finds

• Fairfax selling 10% stake in Odyssey Re for $900m

  18 November 2021

  Acquired by domestic pension plans CPPIB Credit Investments and OMERS

• Insurers stocking up

  24 August 2021

  Insurers are a safe, staid bunch by nature. But even in this world of conservatism, there is always room for a little bit of riskier investing. So where have insurers been keeping their "naughty" equity investments? Sarfraz Thind reports

• Fairfax nets $1.4bn gain from $154m stake in Indian insurer

  05 July 2021

  Canadian insurer hits jackpot as unicorn investment goes stratospheric

• Blackstone pushes further into insurance world by backing new Lloyd's syndicate

  17 September 2020

  Investor teamed up with Fairfax to provide $500m to algo syndicate Ki

• Insurers report $8.7bn investment losses in COVID-19 infected Q1

  04 May 2020

  Reported damage still coming as many European, US insurers expected to report this month

• Fairfax expects $1.5bn investment losses in Q1

  15 April 2020

  Canadian insurer focused on liquid assets to navigate "uncertain times"

• US P&C muni bond allocations fall 11% post-corporate tax change

  02 September 2019

  Significant cuts for individual insurers, says AM Best

• Unrealised losses on bonds restrict reinsurance sector’s overall return

  11 January 2019

  Investment yield appears to have bottomed-out and showed a small uptick to 2.7% in the first nine months of 2018, according to Aon reinsurance outlook