News

• India's regulator orders insurers how to direct corporate bond trades

  28 September 2020

  Irdai works with India's exchange regulator to centralise liquidity from disparate corporate bond markets

• Differing reactions to EC's CMU action plan from insurance industry

  25 September 2020

  Insurance Europe positive, while BVI and Axa share their concerns

• Dark clouds for Latin American insurers as interest rates projected to stay low

  25 September 2020

  Moody's looked at low rate impact on Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru

• Chart: No place like home?

  25 September 2020

  European insurers home bias in their government bonds holdings

• UK insurer reveals outsourcing details for Schroder and Investec engagements, including fees

  25 September 2020

  Minute details on mandate and fund investments are laid bare, for listed investments and property

• Nobis reveals logic and costs behind outsourcing decision for equities and credit portfolios

  25 September 2020

  Other details of delegation for 50 Italian insurers, and 1,200 other European/Bermudian underwriters are in new report

• Nippon Life puts $100m behind managers funding COVID vaccine firms

  25 September 2020

  Japanese insurer uses affiliated manager for investment in Grove Street Advisors fund

• MetLife to reduce emissions by 30% and originate $20bn in green investments

  25 September 2020

  Insurer launches environmental goals for next ten years

• Munich Re issues its first green bond

  25 September 2020

  The €1.25bn issue will be used for financing sustainable investments in energy, transportation, and green buildings

• Robeco does U-turn on fossil fuel exclusion policy

  24 September 2020

  Asset manager will exclude thermal coals, oil sands and Arctic drilling investments from all portfolios