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Australia’s largest insurers’ profits bolstered by investment returns
13 August 2018Smaller insurers earned higher returns from underwriting activities, but earned lower returns from investment and suffered greater losses.
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Regulatory change to cash reserve rule relieves gains pressure on Talanx
13 August 2018German insurer cuts profit-taking, and ZZR contribution by 69%, ahead of expected law change
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MassMutual looking to sell asset manager unit
10 August 2018Deal on OppenheimerFunds could be worth more than $5bn
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Widening spread of Italian debt takes big toll on capital ratios
10 August 2018But hasn’t materially deteriorated insurers’ underlying risk profile, according to Moody’s
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Climate change impacts asset value, UN study finds
09 August 2018Insurers increasingly ESG screen their investments, but even the value of their favoured asset is at risk
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Negative FX impacts Zurich's AuM
09 August 2018Investment result increase by 16%
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Equity release mortgages: stopping the roof falling in
09 August 2018The Prudential Regulation Authority has shaken up life insurers by proposing new assumptions around the valuation of ERMs. The more prudent approach seeks to avoid a potential disaster if house prices stagnate or crash, but the impact on insurers could be serious. Christopher Cundy reports
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Hannover Re 3.1% RoI for H1 beats expectation
09 August 2018But realised gains and investment income dropped by 36% and 4% respectively
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Investments results dent L&G profits in H1 2018
09 August 2018L&G eyes larger mortality reserve release
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Munich Re reports 12% drop in investment result in H1
08 August 2018Reinsurer simultaneously announced new climate and divestment policy