Vincent Huck

Articles by Vincent Huck

  • Insurers advise against focusing on industry's low level of EU-taxonomy compliance

    05 August 2020

    Eiopa has found that only 5% of their assets are eligible

  • Sustainability - it's all about marketing

    04 August 2020

    Most insurers are driven by reputational considerations when it comes to sustainability, Insurance Asset Risk research finds

  • Italian insurers have diversified away from local govvies, but asset risk rising

    03 August 2020

    Exposure to Italian govvies still high and constrains insurers' ratings, Fitch warns

  • IAR survey: active versus passive

    31 July 2020

    Deadline Friday 14th august

  • Profitability of investment portfolio highest risk for insurers, EIOPA reveals

    30 July 2020

    Home bias in investments exposes insurers to domestic economic deterioration and rating downgrades

  • ESG's negative impact on returns - myth or reality?

    29 July 2020

    A growing number of insurers have announced new or upgraded sustainable investment strategies in recent years. JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) and Insurance Asset Risk have joined forces to investigate the drivers behind insurers' sustainable strategies. Vincent Huck reports on the high-level key findings

  • COVID-19: Asian regulators increasingly concerned over liquidity risk

    28 July 2020

    Four areas need particular attention IFoA's Mahidhara Davangere says

  • COVID-19 hasn't chased away Brexit threats for the UK, Moody's warns

    24 July 2020

    UK faces important credit challenges pre-dating the coronavirus outbreak

  • Insurance Asset Risk 4th issue free to download

    24 July 2020

    Focus on sustainable investments and COVID-19 disruption

  • Comment: Where eagles dare

    21 July 2020

    On the back of five months of research on insurers' sustainable investment strategies, Vincent Huck reflects on the state of ESG integration at insurers, and why it's time for investors to 'dare'