Archive

  • Mapfre allocates €250m to private equity fund of funds

    23 June 2020

    Investment vehicle launched in partnership with Altamar Capital Partners and Abante

  • Phoenix Group appoints new CIO

    23 June 2020

    Michael Eakins joins from insurer's acquisition of ReAssure

  • IAR survey: Back to the future of interest rates

    22 June 2020

    For years insurers have been battling low interest rates. First they got used to the idea of 'low', then they got their minds around the concept of 'lower for longer', and more recently some have been saying that we are now in a 'low forever' scenario. Vincent Huck reports the findings of Insurance Asset Risk's survey.

  • Equities may be best asset in medium- to long-term, Mapfre CIO says

    22 June 2020

    José Luis Jiménez does not see cash or fixed income providing yield potential

  • Baloise invests in property inspection service provider

    19 June 2020

    Continues investments into homeowner service companies

  • UBS rings warning bell for US insurer CLOs

    19 June 2020

    About $8bn at risk of downgrade, most held by Athene and AIG

  • PIC invests £75m in housing association debt

    19 June 2020

    Spot funding will last for more than 30 years

  • Italian insurers headed for middle ground in credit ratings in 2019

    19 June 2020

    Ivass gives details on BTP spread testing in 2019 Orsas

  • Work on coal by no means completed, activists say

    19 June 2020

    But COVID-19 offers the right timing to start focus on oil & gas

  • Italian insurers lost 25 points from solvency ratios in Q1 amid market tumult

    19 June 2020

    Ivass points to inadequacy of volatility adjustment