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  • Generali's CIO Martorana maps the new investment landscape

    08 October 2025

    He discusses how Generali is navigating a fragmented geopolitical backdrop, wary bond markets and a shifting dollar debate.

  • Comment: Is Mubadala Capital onto something with upgraded FWD?

    21 July 2025

    APAC re/insurers enjoy wide backing from sovereign-linked investors, research shows

  • Will the NAIC's new regulations change insurer's attitudes to private credit investments?

    03 February 2025

    David Zhang, director at New York-based advisory firm MSCI, discusses how US insurers are coping with a torrent of new regulation from the NAIC

  • Asia Investor Group on Climate Change appoints energy transition manager

    27 January 2025

    Minako Takaba will oversee alliance's energy transition activities from Tokyo

  • The NAIC is cooking up a hearty bowl of reform, how should US insurers prepare for the meal?

    20 January 2025

    From risk-based capital to GEMS and the Insurer Investment Regulation Framework, 2025 could be a busy year

  • It's complicated: Avalanche of reforms test US insurers relationship with NAIC

    07 October 2024

    US insurers are currently facing an avalanche of new regulations to assimilate into their practice

  • CIOs act further on climate investing in 2023, as Nat Cats give underwriters a 'breather'

    02 May 2024

    In severe 'Nat Cat years' before 2023, CIOs at Lloyd's acted as 'cash registers', disgorging cash to meet steep property claims. Last year, a 'break in the weather' let them 'take stock', and many seized that 'down-time' to progress climate-investing with managers and funds

  • Nippon Life makes recruitment push for investment sales staff

    06 March 2024

    Japanese lifer's affiliate aiming to support Tokyo's national asset management ambitions

  • Comment: Share prices suggest insurers' shareholders might not care much about the 'G' in ESG

    26 February 2024

    Shareholders of Japan's insurers pocketed 150% since Q1 2020 while the Topix made 98% - so do the sector's governance issues matter?

  • Japanese watchdog gets 21 takers for ESG data code of conduct

    22 January 2024

    Code's founding technical committee chaired by professor Tetsuo Kitagawa of Aoyama Gakuin University