Archive

  • Global insurers partner with UN and WWF

    21 January 2019

    Plan is to develop industry guide to protect World Heritage Sites through insurers’ risk management, insurance and investment activities

  • UN’s environmental agency launches insurers group

    13 November 2018

    To develop climate risk assessment tools

  • Sompo Japan's hunt for yield takes it to US corporate debt

    07 November 2017

    Sompo Japan Nipponkoa will increase its exposure to US corporate bonds in a bid to improve investment returns, which have been hamstrung by the persistently low yields on Japanese and other government bonds.

  • Mapfre subscribes to UN's Responsible Investment Principles

    09 May 2017

    List of insurance signatories grows as pressure mounts on industry to invest responsibly

  • Munich Re's VC arm leads $45m insurtech funding

    07 April 2017

    Japanese insurer Sompo and Australian firm Suncorp join funding round

  • Alternatives shine for Lloyd's syndicates

    05 April 2017

    Following the insights gleaned on rising manager fees and falling yields for Lloyd's syndicates, David Walker shines light on the well-performing fraction of alternative investments made by the sector in 2015.