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• Europe's life giants trip the lite switch firmly 'on'

  08 March 2023

  Thomas Buberl, and Oliver Bäte are men with a mission, to preach the gospel of low-capital product. But will their customers buy it? David Walker asks

• Comment: CIOs enjoy strong tailwinds of goodwill in 'transition GAs', in a ride that CUOs might only dream of

  08 March 2023

  Why a CIO's life with the media can be so much touchy-feelier than a CUO's, in our era of climate change

• Comment - Inflation-linked bonds won't be enough for much 'insurance inflation'

  08 August 2022

  Hiking returns in line with CPI rises may fall short, in the short term, for many non-life insurers

• Axa keeps distancing from market risks in 1H

  03 August 2022

  Alternatives reinvestment yields still outpacing 'core' fixed income

• Axa IM wins outsourcing mandate from parent's €610m German life book deal

  15 July 2022

  Deferred annuities and endowments had average guarantee of 3.2%

• AXA's managers generate 20% better revenues in 2021, as 'alts' star again.

  24 February 2022

  Russia exposure under €400m, partially thanks to ESG assessment

• Frédéric de Courtois returns to Axa to oversee investments and finance

  25 March 2021

  Chief investment officer Alban de Mailly Nesle to become chief financial officer

• Generali reveals impact on solvency if Italian debt gets downgraded

  22 May 2020

  Analysts question Generali on validity of sensitivities to market shocks

• Generali's M&A path pays off in investment profits

  14 March 2019

  Italian now earns 174bps more on investments than average policy guarantee