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COVID a chance to pick cheap assets, but don't anticipate high returns
24 November 2020Schroders' Institutional Investor Study reveals insurance investors' expectations
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Helvetia buys into peer-to-peer insurance provider
24 November 2020Swiss underwriter wants market intelligence about younger buyers, and P2P models
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MS&AD vows to keep cutting strategic equity
24 November 2020While Japanese rivals Orix Life and Sumitomo Life are adding to PE
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US insurer liquidity risk at post-2008 highs
23 November 2020Fed warns of increased difficulty of meeting claims as illiquid assets shoot past 12-year highs
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Aviva Vita - a life not so dolce with BTP spreads
23 November 2020Aviva plans selling the unit for €400m to Unicredit
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Comment : ESG investing in credit without compromise
23 November 2020Andrew Epsom, insurance client solutions director at Royal London Asset Management, considers the continuing trend towards ESG investing in credit, but highlights that in many cases the approaches being adopted may not result in either the environmental or financial outcomes that insurers are seeking.
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Sumitomo Life and SBI Investment create joint venture fund
20 November 2020To invest in start-ups including wellness companies
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Polluting companies banned from Chinese insurers' PE portfolios
20 November 2020CBIRC spells out environmental blacklist for private equity portfolios
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Chart: UK insurers' allocation to EEA decreases
20 November 2020But Brexit not the sole driver of the trend
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Neither doom nor boom for European insurers in 2021
19 November 2020But market volatility and credit risk will be key high-risks next year, S&P warns