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The days of an easy life for European non-life investment teams are over
30 September 2019As many non-life insurers come to rely on their investment performance for an ever greater slice of their total profits, or to make up for underwriting losses, investment teams are looking at new asset classes with the help of external managers. Far greater transparency about the insurers' business practices is offering a unique glimpse into what they want and to whom they outsource this key task. David Walker reports
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PRA sticks to its guns on ERM deferment rates
30 September 2019Parameters for effective value test left unchanged from consultation proposal
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M&G Prudential buys UK rail freight firm
27 September 2019GB Railfreight is fourth investment through Infracapital
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BaFin reveals 12% investment turnover rate by insurers in 2018
27 September 2019Regulator also ran tests using 1.2% reinvestment yield last year
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Insurers vie with funds for control of PG&E
27 September 2019The underwriters are owed $20bn from California wildfire, so aim to take over bankrupt utility
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Minnesota Life in $30m Washington state investment deal
27 September 2019Guaranteed investment contract to be managed by insurer affiliate, Securian
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Germans boost infrastructure holdings by almost two-thirds in 2018
26 September 2019Lack of domestic projects not keeping pace with appetite, says GDV
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Moody's expects German life insurers to sell off more fixed income to feed cash reserves
26 September 2019Offloading fixed income for ZZR cost 0.5% in returns last year, says Moody's
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Hymans Robertson taps KPMG for life investment unit head
25 September 2019New recruit Daniel Becker brings expertise in private assets
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Pension funds and insurers commit to carbon-neutral investments by 2050
25 September 2019The newly launched alliance is responsible for $2.4trn in investments