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  • UK still most popular destination for USA insurers

    30 October 2020

    Foreign investments represented 8% of total insurer assets in 2019

  • French prudential and financial regulators dissect firms' coal policies

    29 October 2020

    French financial sector exposure to coal sector less than 1% of assets combined

  • German insurer concedes core holdings 'no longer up to the job' with low rates

    29 October 2020

    Outsourcing report explains the Neue Bayerische Beamten's shift into alternatives

  • Allianz and Telefónica in joint venture for German fibre optic network

    29 October 2020

    German insurer to invest up to €1bn and hold 50% of venture

  • Transamerica sells San Francisco Pyramid building for $650m

    29 October 2020

    Sale brings Aegon's USA subsidiary $390m capital benefits and raises Solvency II ratio by 4pp

  • M&G Real Estate buys London office for £111.7m

    28 October 2020

    UK property presents good investment opportunities, asset manager says

  • Investment losses biggest contributor to USA P&C H1 income decline

    28 October 2020

    Expect more hurt in third quarter, says APCIA

  • Insurers can no longer rely on investments to cover poor underwriting, Zurich EMEA CEO says

    28 October 2020

    Swiss Re CEO of reinsurance adds "low interest rates have started to bite"

  • Breadth of investment outsourcing in UK revealed

    28 October 2020

    UK insurers use more than 100 different investment managers

  • Insurers can step into Italy's investment void post-COVID, Swiss Re says

    28 October 2020

    But help must also come from structural reforms in tax environment

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