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Unipol reveals effect on solvency ratio sensitivity of BTP cuts
15 February 2021More uncertainty ahead and no economic normal in sight, group chief executive says
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Länsförsäkringar emphasises role of sustainability in Swedish group
15 February 2021Swedish group put SEK 1.2bn into social bonds last year
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KBC widens coal restrictions to fossil fuel-supporting industries
15 February 2021Conveyor belts and extraction equipment among banned list for financing
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Chart of the week: Death of 1,000 cuts
12 February 2021General account impairments rear their head again
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Sampo appoints new CIO in reshuffle of senior investment staff
12 February 2021Finnish group plans new asset management unit
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Unipol wields axe on Italian debt investments
12 February 2021Aims to reduce volatility of solvency ratio
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Sampo takes €899m impairment on Nordea investment stake
11 February 2021Investment markets so poor one must focus on underwriting, CEO says
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Aegon acts to "calm" life unit's credit spread sensitivity
11 February 2021Dutch group also buys up €4bn of corporate bonds, may reduce mortgages
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Coface takes €4.6m impairment charge on property funds
11 February 2021Portfolio yield falls from 1.7% to 1.1% during 2020
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IAG says returns up to 1% above risk-free still achievable
10 February 2021Cites active investing as one reason to be confident
- Comment: Insurers at the centre of pension de-risking's capital market shift
- Bringing structured private credit to European insurers
- Munich Re calls for "more pragmatic" regulatory approach to asset classification
- Japan insurance trade body responds to IAIS paper on funded re and alternative investing
- US life insurers offshored $800bn of reserves since 2018, Moody's says
- Insurance asset managers eye more risk taking in next 12 months
- 'Rise of the East and decline of the West' heralds "new era" for China's insurance AM
- Swiss Life sells petrol station property in north of England
- Resolution Life seals $1bn block reinsurance deal in Hong Kong
- RGA announces $1bn coinsurance deal with Dai-ichi Life
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Chart of the Week - DAV considers the best pension system, as Germany's demographic pyramid develops a 'bulging midriff'
06 June 2025Rigid rules and immutable guarantees could do Germany a disservice, DAV suggests
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Comment - Will Japanese couples stop giving birth to enough insurance CIOs?
06 June 2025A sense of urgency, if not emergency, surrounds insurers' warnings about falling birthrate
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Japan Post Insurance doubles investments in private property fund since July
06 June 2025Dedicated-client fund is being run by Mitsui & Co Realty
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Munich Re calls for "more pragmatic" regulatory approach to asset classification
05 June 2025More also needs to be done to support the use of new technology in the investment process
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Swiss Life sells petrol station property in north of England
05 June 2025Also instructs Knight Frank to sell Leeds office building