Archive

  • Expect a year of two halves for 2021—the bad, followed by the impressive

    30 December 2020

    Investment horizon will closely track vaccine rollout, Manulife says

  • "Unloved" UK market gets boost from Brexit trade deal success

    30 December 2020

    UK market's future is the €56bn question for Europe's insurers

  • China Great Wall AM manager under regulatory investigation

    29 December 2020

    Chinese watchdog alleges "serious violation of discipline and law"

  • UK insurers hold most CRE debt of European peers

    29 December 2020

    But individually Dutch insurers are bigger spenders in the asset class

  • BaFin's Frank Grund rebuffs risk of instrumentalising ESG

    29 December 2020

    Germany's top insurance regulator calls sustainability "social and cross-generational topic"

  • Germany's ZZR remains a conundrum for insurers

    29 December 2020

    Calculating pay-ins in Germany's Zinszusatzreserve (ZZR) was overhauled in 2018 to reduce pressure on German insurers to build the reserve too quickly by selling valuable investments just to satisfy mandatory contributions. Has the reform been just a 'one-year wonder'? David Walker investigates

  • Less than 40% of EEA insurers invest in real estate equity

    28 December 2020

    French, German and UK insurers account for 67% of the industry's combined holdings

  • Brexit or low interest rates: Chesnara knows the answer

    28 December 2020

    The year has been volatile and ugly. And just when it is shaping towards an end, another unwelcome friend has re-entered the fray: Brexit. However, UK insurer Chesnara's CEO says Brexit is not the worst thing to be worried about right now.

  • A CIO, an asset manager, and an activist's 2021 wish list

    25 December 2020

    Firechat with Randy Brown, Elizabeth Gilla, and Peter Bosshard

  • Chart: Transitional measures impact on SCR

    25 December 2020

    UK and Germany record the highest number of non-complying firms