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Core competency - Lloyd's syndicates go outsourcing, and not just for peripheral assets
08 May 2024Lloyd's syndicates hire external help for the core of their general accounts, even if delegating makes more headlines when non-mainstream assets are involved
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CIOs act further on climate investing in 2023, as Nat Cats give underwriters a 'breather'
02 May 2024In 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
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"Bonds are back" - Goldilocks appears for Lloyd's syndicates' fixed income holdings
18 April 2024Not a big bad bear was in sight when syndicates published annual reports in March, but many warned of elevated geopolitical instability risks
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Investment income rockets at QBE while some underwriting misfires
16 February 2024Net investment income produced 141% better result in 2023 at Australian group
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Old dog, new(ish) tricks? Lloyd's CIOs get all esoteric
05 April 2023Lloyd's syndicates have held onto non-mainstream investments even as yields have risen - with some mixed results, David Walker finds
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Smooth transition is the lower climate cost, L&G's Walford says
01 December 2022Adding that ambitious targets are a way of reducing risk of additional volatility
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QBE extends scope of ethical investment programme
17 October 2022Premiums4Good has funnelled $1.4bn into ethically sound investments so far
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QBE looks to re-stock growth assets to 15% of pot
11 August 2022Infrastructure, shares, property and alts comprise 11% now
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Comment - What insurers can learn from the furore about HSBC AM and climate change
01 June 2022Any insurers arguing climate change doesn't matter are shooting at their own feet
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Comment - Australia may (finally) act on climate change as elections change government
23 May 2022CIOs should help finance renewables - it's in their own interest, after all