Archive

  • Munich Re promotes Oliver Horbelt to US CFO

    13 November 2019

    Reports to US chief executive, Tony Kuczinski

  • Risk of Japanification is not a worst case, Swiss Re chief economists say

    13 November 2019

    Haegeli and Holzheu predict increased allocation to illliquids and non-EU assets for European insurers

  • Australia’s general insurers near 10% return on investments

    13 November 2019

    Ranking of portfolio size shows top-heavy industry

  • Take a guess: 10-year German bund yields at the end of 2021?

    13 November 2019

    Munich Re chief economist gives his view

  • BaFin says life firms cannot avoid sovereigns, 'with or without yield'

    13 November 2019

    German life insurers also warned on careful risk management on alternative investments

  • Rethinking insurance investment: can we make the complex simple?

    Insurance investment today is challenging, thanks to a confluence of low yields, growing regulatory requirements and increasingly diverse balance sheets. New assets, strategies and partnerships have the potential to help insurers cut through this complexity and deliver sustainable solutions.

  • AllianzGI CEO Andreas Utermann to step down

    12 November 2019

    Tobias Pross and Deborah Zurbow to replace Utermann as CEO and head of investments respectively

  • Comment: Cover this govvy which I may not behold

    12 November 2019

    The momentum around responsible investing will achieve nothing if insurers don’t address the bulk of their investment holdings namely government bonds, Vincent Huck writes. The 17th century French playwriter Molière has his say, too.

  • Folksam commits to second Nordic infrastructure fund

    12 November 2019

    Swede wants returns, and to help encourage sustainability

  • Talanx’s investment result soars, partly to feed ZZR

    11 November 2019

    Rising interest rates create headwinds for profit and solvency