News

  • M&G Investments' stewardship approach prioritises reducing fossil fuel demand as well as supply

    28 July 2023

    As it backs European oil majors but votes against boards at US oil companies

  • Comment - In a time of climate crisis, what might the superhero Captain Hindsight tell Europe's CIOs?

    28 July 2023

    CIOs and CUOs need to start twisting thumbscrews on fossil fuel, if the worst is still to come

  • Chart of the Week - Breakdown of market risk SCR of AEMA group subsidiaries, 2022 (%)

    28 July 2023

    A 'group market risk SCR' can mask very divergent risk-taking at subsidiaries

  • Northwestern Mutual Capital raises $500m for private equity fund

    28 July 2023

    Fund run with DWS gains support of global institutional investors

  • IFoA says biodiversity indirect risks more potent than direct ones

    27 July 2023

    As it unveils biodiversity policy and role actuaries can play in developing immature metrics

  • Differing readings of IFRS risk creating a "Tower of Babel" for insurers, Compensa Life says

    27 July 2023

    Same contract can be classed as life or unit-linked, depending on underwriter's interpretation

  • Democrats take aim at insurers with fossil fuel disclosure bill

    27 July 2023

    Polluter Portfolio Disclosure Act introduced after insurers withdraw insurance coverage from California due to catastrophe exposure

  • LGIM commits to "dynamic" environmental voting policy

    26 July 2023

    After explaining why it rejected forcing Shell to make 2030 scope 3 emissions targets Paris-compliant

  • Robert Oppenheimer's world already being used in investment optimisation, German actuaries say

    26 July 2023

    Nexinsur says similar maths that quantum computing uses to optimise portfolios helps investigate energy in atomic systems

  • Martello Re appoints Michael Baumstein as CIO

    26 July 2023

    Reports to CEO Dennis Ho