Archive

  • Benign or bust - The outlook for 2024 is anything but boring

    03 January 2024

    Decisions from central banks, political instability, regulatory changes - many of the threats posed by 2024 are out of insurer's hands

  • Somers Re capitalisation stays strong despite unrealised losses, AM Best says

    02 January 2024

    Unrealised investment losses in 2022 not enough to knock the firm's ratings down

  • CDPQ and partners take majority stake in Quebec bakery business

    02 January 2024

    Swander Pace Capital and Roynat Equity Partners join CDPQ

  • Indian insurers grow investment income nearly 20%

    02 January 2024

    Total investment pot grew by 10.4%

  • European insurers diversifying more towards Asia than US, Fidelity International says

    01 January 2024

    Rising exports and lower rates reasons for tilt towards Asia

  • CDPQ extends stake in Brazilian gas pipeline company

    01 January 2024

    Quebec investor ploughing $641m into deal with Engie Brazil

  • A sense of doom and gloom greeted the arrival of 2023, but was it really as bad as expected?

    01 January 2024

    Fixed income and sub-investment grade investments were key trends in a year that was not exactly benign

  • Can you quantify culture - and invest in it?

    29 December 2023

    At the start of December, Impax Asset Management launched its Global Social Leaders Strategy, seeking to invest in sahres of companies with strong corporate cultures responding to long-term, secular social trends.

  • IMF looks to ruin PE-insurer party

    29 December 2023

    The International Monetary Fund has raised further warning flags on private equity-owned insurance businesses. At the heart of the concerns are the illiquid assets these insurers use which may lead to financial catastrophe, if the IMF is to be believed.

  • Folksam sells shares in Sicklaön Invest

    29 December 2023

    And increases ownership stake in Tornet Bostadsproduktion