News

• Axis announces thermal coal and oil sands policy

  18 October 2019

  Bermudian insurer sets threshold for new investments

• UN sets up business leaders alliance to finance sustainable development goals

  18 October 2019

  Group is co-chaired by Allianz CEO and counts a few insurance-related members

• Asian insurers doubled foreign asset holdings in five years

  17 October 2019

  This could create new risk transmission channels, IMF warned

• IMF calls for compulsory holdings of liquid investments amid rising risk

  17 October 2019

  Fund points to risk of cross-border contagion as life insurers seek better yields in foreign investments

• Allianz takes majority stake in €1bn Beijing office complex

  17 October 2019

  Deal completed through joint venture with Alpha Investment Partners

• Progressive sees 35% jump in investment income

  16 October 2019

  Includes a $540m unrealised gain in first nine months of year

• Zurich buys €27m office building

  15 October 2019

  Frankfurt property bought via UBS asset management

• Axa Equitable Life seeds AllianceBernstein’s loan business

  15 October 2019

  The syndicated loan and CLO venture expands on the relationship between AB and Axa Equitable Holdings

• Länsförsäkringar warns non-European managers to raise their game on ESG

  15 October 2019

  Swedish mutual has fired managers unprepared to apply its exclusion criteria

• Insurers’ investment guide to protect world heritage sites unveiled

  15 October 2019

  Insurers worldwide have collaborated with the United Nations and the World Wildlife Fund