Archive

  • Equity market rebound boosts Markel’s Q1 operating revenue

    01 May 2019

    Markel reported $2.5bn in operating revenues in Q1

  • Treasury needs more time to understand complexities of flawed measure of inflation

    01 May 2019

    Phillip Hammond delays decision on whether to cease issuing RPI-linked govvies

  • Oil firms unattractive without climate targets

    30 April 2019

    According to survey of 39 fund managers including insurers and their investment affiliates

  • Berkshire Hathaway to invest $10bn in Occidental Petroleum

    30 April 2019

    Backing the US oil group bid for Anadarko against Chevron’s bid

  • Govvies exposure still a threat for Italian life insurers, AM Best warns

    30 April 2019

    Rating agency issue stable outlook for Italian market despite balance sheets sensitivity to potential increase in interest spreads.

  • African insurers tackle sustainability issues

    30 April 2019

    African insurers and UN leaders meet in Lagos to tackle industry’s role in sustainable development

  • Sanlam UK acquires Thesis Asset Management

    30 April 2019

    Sanlam Life & Pensions’ parent company grows AuM to £4.2bn with acquisition of asset manager

  • The 'obscure' Solvency II co-investment rule

    30 April 2019

    Recent changes to co-investing rules under Solvency II have been received with mixed feelings by European insurers. Many players are even unaware there has been a development. Vincent Huck reports

  • C-ROSS: Solvency II with a Chinese twist

    29 April 2019

    Under the Chinese regulation, assets and liabilities are not valued on a market-consistent basis, and equity and credit risk receive lower capital charges

  • Scor scales up coal divestment policies

    29 April 2019

    Insurer Scor has strengthened its coal exclusion policies, but it still falls short of alignment with the goals set by the Paris Climate Agreement.