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IVASS reveals €25bn reduction in BTP exposure in 2021
04 July 2022Trimming left general accounts 38% exposed, on average
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Insurers slowed down buying of credit, again, in 2021
04 July 2022COVID stress led sector to net-sell financial paper last year
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The Fed to "turn less aggressive this autumn," says Generali
01 July 2022Whilst Swiss Re chief economist argues "prepare for the ride to get worse"
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MACIF to exclude companies developing new oil and gas production capacities
01 July 2022French insurer updates fossil fuel exit strategy
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Doing good and making profits not mutually exclusive, NY Life CIO says
01 July 2022Tony Malloy says company wants to align investment decisions with client values
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Phoenix Group invests €60m in Italian gas network
01 July 2022The investment has been made via asset manager abrdn
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Chart of the Week - Veni, vidi, vendidit ('I came, I saw, I sold [my BTPs]')
01 July 2022Julius Caesar obviously loved the Roman Empire. Insurers' CIOs who kept selling off BTPs in 2021 seem less convinced
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Italian insurers in first net capital loss position "for several years" as rates rise
01 July 2022IVASS head leaves door open for re-emergence of non-unit linked products
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Research finds Europe's insurers hit 'peak stinginess' to shareholders
01 July 2022Research paper found stress-tests did not affect buyback and dividend levels since 2018
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Manulife looks to take full control of Chinese JV
30 June 2022Insurer seeking to expand into China through asset management arm
- Private markets: Buying in, and stress-testing 'to the moon and back'
- Munich Re's €1.2bn venture capital arm to wind down in 2026
- Apollo backs matching adjustment for Australian annuity underwriters
- BaFin warns insurers about alternatives and illiquidity
- FIO commits to working with NAIC to allow insurers to invest in digital assets
- APRA clamps down on private credit in annuity framework review
- Exclusive: Aberdeen Investments launches strategic insurance group
- "We've learned the lessons of 2008" M&G tells Parliamentary private markets committee
- Pacific Life Re joins growing calls for MA-like structure in Australia
- AIG acquires stake in asset manager Onex Corporation