News

  • IVASS reveals €25bn reduction in BTP exposure in 2021

    04 July 2022

    Trimming left general accounts 38% exposed, on average

  • Insurers slowed down buying of credit, again, in 2021

    04 July 2022

    COVID stress led sector to net-sell financial paper last year

  • The Fed to "turn less aggressive this autumn," says Generali

    01 July 2022

    Whilst Swiss Re chief economist argues "prepare for the ride to get worse"

  • MACIF to exclude companies developing new oil and gas production capacities

    01 July 2022

    French insurer updates fossil fuel exit strategy

  • Doing good and making profits not mutually exclusive, NY Life CIO says

    01 July 2022

    Tony Malloy says company wants to align investment decisions with client values

  • Phoenix Group invests €60m in Italian gas network

    01 July 2022

    The investment has been made via asset manager abrdn

  • Chart of the Week - Veni, vidi, vendidit ('I came, I saw, I sold [my BTPs]')

    01 July 2022

    Julius Caesar obviously loved the Roman Empire. Insurers' CIOs who kept selling off BTPs in 2021 seem less convinced

  • Italian insurers in first net capital loss position "for several years" as rates rise

    01 July 2022

    IVASS head leaves door open for re-emergence of non-unit linked products

  • Research finds Europe's insurers hit 'peak stinginess' to shareholders

    01 July 2022

    Research paper found stress-tests did not affect buyback and dividend levels since 2018

  • Manulife looks to take full control of Chinese JV

    30 June 2022

    Insurer seeking to expand into China through asset management arm

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