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  • China offers insurers discounted 'green capital charge' under new rules

    11 January 2022

    CBIRC also promoting real-economy investments by C-Ross Phase II

  • Insurance Asset Risk Asia 2022 conference live now

    11 January 2022

    Three-day conference starts today

  • Willis Towers Watson appoints head of investments for North America

    10 January 2022

    Nimisha Srivastava will report to global head of investments, Chris Ford

  • Scor appoints Lacroix group head of sustainability

    10 January 2022

    And sets up chief sustainability officer's team

  • Foreign-owned and larger firms best placed for early HK RBC adoption

    10 January 2022

    Regulator has invited applications to begin RBC early

  • Investors to benefit as Asia ILS market comes to life

    10 January 2022

    Investing in insurance-linked securities (ILS) was once about natural catastrophe risk, but in Asia, practitioners expect far greater diversity in life/non-life risks being packaged, with help from insurers and regulators alike, they tell David Walker

  • Varma appoints head of private investments

    07 January 2022

    After 25 years in the role Mikko Koivusalo will be succeeded by Markus Aho

  • Alternative fixed income for insurance investors

    In recent years alternative fixed income assets such as loans, infrastructure financing and private debt have become increasingly popular with professional investors.

  • Chart of the week - EM funding shortfalls for required climate investments, 2016-2030

    07 January 2022

    Emerging markets are going to need insurers, and badly, to meet their climate investment requirements

  • The UK's SII reform could free up £20bn of investments for PIC

    06 January 2022

    The insurer says it gives up as much as it invests because of current MA constraints