News

• Switzerland's Vaudoise buys back shares to help fund manager out

  10 September 2020

  Insurer's other shareholdings more than doubled in 2019, vindicating use of cheap passive funds

• Scor GI chief exec upbeat about COVID-19 recovery

  09 September 2020

  De Varenne looking to deploy more investments in alternatives to limit erosion of portfolio's returns

• Folksam invests SEK 474m in domestic government's first green bond

  09 September 2020

  Follows fellow Swedish company Skandia's participation

• Bank of England warns of hit to sovereign debt from climate change

  09 September 2020

  Rule changes to encourage low-carbon life could also affect investments, UK central bank says

• Mapfre, Abante and Macquarie launch €200m infrastructure fund

  09 September 2020

  Spanish insurer is principal investor with initial contribution of €50m

• Germany's green bond issuance an opportunity for insurers, NN IP says

  08 September 2020

  Green yield curve and liquidity characteristics of the bond will be beneficial for insurers

• US insurers' alternative assets escape COVID-19 downturn

  08 September 2020

  Hedge funds, private equity and real estate assets present liquidity challenges, says NAIC

• IAIS consult on capital treatment of infra and strategic equity investments

  08 September 2020

  As part of work on the Insurance Capital Standard

• Focus on underwriting activity to tackle profitability issues, Swiss Re tells insurers

  08 September 2020

  Because reinsurer sees little hope for help from investments in a lower-for-longer rate environment

• ESG investing, a fair-weather practice?

  08 September 2020

  As insurers tried to navigate H1 turbulences sustainability consideration dropped out the pecking order, IAR's research finds.