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  • Investment patterns of UK smaller insurers revealed in data mine

    16 September 2020

    Research report from Insurance Risk Data reveals investing habits of Europe's mid-sized and smaller underwriters

  • Sustainability - the external asset managers' view

    16 September 2020

    Research by Insurance Asset Risk, sponsored by JP Morgan Asset Management, has revealed the sometimes-challenging relationships between insurers and their external asset managers, as well as were both players complement each other. JPMAM's Mark Oldcorn and Jennifer Wu comment on some of the findings. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • QBE nears $1bn impact investments using Premiums4Good programme

    16 September 2020

    Cost-free initiative funnels share of premiums to beneficial investments

  • IAR Americas virtual event platform now open

    16 September 2020

    FREE to attend for insurers- Conference to take place, virtually, on 22 and 23 September

  • Comment: Investment interrupted?

    15 September 2020

    What the UK High Court's business interruption ruling means for CIOs

  • Barings acquires €13m German retail park for Stuttgarter Versicherung

    15 September 2020

    Stuttgarter uses property Spezialfonds for investment

  • Stress-tested: How COVID-19 put insurers' investments under pressure

    14 September 2020

    The impact of the pandemic on insurers' claims remains unknown, and estimates vary widely. However, market turbulence in H1 has clearly impacted the asset side of insurers' balance sheets. Already, though, underwriters are looking ahead and rethinking investment decisions and ensuring resilience. Vincent Huck surveys the damage done and the plans afoot

  • Aberdeen to buy strategic stake in Aviva Singapore

    14 September 2020

    Unit manages SG$ 11.8bn of assets

  • Insurers to increase allocation to ETFs, Insurance Asset Risk survey finds

    11 September 2020

    As global ETFs and ETPs reach $7trn

  • Swiss Life AM expands real assets offering to infra debt financing

    11 September 2020

    Affiliate commits to investing €1.5bn in next three years, initially for the group Swiss, French and German insurers