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• Hannover Re 3.1% RoI for H1 beats expectation

  09 August 2018

  But realised gains and investment income dropped by 36% and 4% respectively

• Generali affiliate seals five-year deal for German life unit

  05 July 2018

  Generali Investments Europe to earn €275m from Generali Leben assets

• 73% of German insurers' investments are 'sustainable'

  27 June 2018

  Almost half want to make more ESG allocations

• Hannover Re is latest insurer to 'exit coal'

  20 June 2018

  Companies that have in some way divested from coal now represent 45% of the $257.5bn global reinsurance market

• Equity volatility: how safe is your portfolio?

  19 March 2018

  Equity volatility is back. After a muted 2017, things went a little haywire for equities in February. But are these tremors or the start of something bigger? And how should insurers react? By David Walker

• Talanx equity sales help feed life reserve fund

  19 March 2018

  Talanx posted an 11.3% rise in income from investments in 2017 and crystallised gains—largely on its shareholdings—to help feed the mandatory reserve fund for its life business.

• Hannover Re attributes record investment result to sale of listed equities

  13 March 2018

  Overall return of 3.8% helped by private equity portfolio

• IAG refutes accusations it is an asset manager following quota deals

  08 December 2017

  Analysts query true nature of Australasian group after deal with European reinsurers

• Hannover Re offloads listed shares to write more cat risk

  08 November 2017

  Equities were nearing sell triggers anyway, senior executives say

• Reinvestment risk hits yields at global reinsurers

  06 September 2017

  But macroeconomic worries deter greater risk-taking, says Willis Re