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Scor sets new benchmark for coal divestment
06 September 2017Won't invest in companies with more than 30% of turnover from coal
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Scor pauses portfolio rebalancing as markets become uncertain
27 July 2017Portfolio shrinks on currency rate moves
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Aviva offloads over £1bn bonds and shares in tobacco firms
21 June 2017Joins Scor and Axa's drive to limit investment, citing threat to public health
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Axa and Scor lead tobacco control investor group
31 May 2017Insurers follow up on their recent divestment policies by encouraging greater regulation of the tobacco industry
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'Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action'
05 May 2017Axa and Vivat's investment arms recently announced coal exclusion policies, while Axa also committed to stop underwriting coal projects – could this be a model for the rest of the industry? Peter Bosshard from anti-fossil fuel NGO the Sunrise Project comments.
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Scor divests from tobacco
27 April 2017Cash holdings reduced, fixed income duration increased and rebalanced towards corporate bonds
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Scor's corporate bond push raises return expectations
22 February 2017Reinsurer confirms no exposure to French government debt
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Raising the stakes in fund management
07 December 2016Insurer-affiliated managers are punching above their weight in a competitive market, taking more than one-third of all fund managers' new business in the first three quarters. David Walker examines the evolving relationship between insurer-parents, affiliates and independent managers.
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Going back to normal
28 November 2016Scor Global Investments' chief executive François de Varenne explains to Asa Gibson how the group's asset management policy has moved away from its conservative, post-crisis stance.
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Insurers overestimate business valuation, Milliman research suggests
26 October 2016Consultancy advocates market-consistent embedded value reporting