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