News

  • Decline in investment returns hits US long-term care reserves

    02 October 2019

    Plunging interest rates hurting insurer investment income, says Moody’s

  • Eiopa draws a blank on Solvency II risk charges for climate change

    01 October 2019

    But warns industry to take account of climate risk in investments and valuation

  • Apollo poaches Ellermeyer from MetLife IM

    30 September 2019

    Will work in insurance solutions group at asset manager

  • Viridium sells German real estate to buy "stable" assets

    30 September 2019

    Commerz Real acquires portfolio of 49 city-centre assets from insurer

  • Prudential's Eastspring to buy Thai fund manager

    30 September 2019

    Asian asset manager to acquire half of Thanachart Fund for $190m

  • Dutch authorities warn over replacing key mortgage rate benchmarks

    30 September 2019

    Switching from Libor and Eionia proving troublesome for insurers

  • PRA sticks to its guns on ERM deferment rates

    30 September 2019

    Parameters for effective value test left unchanged from consultation proposal

  • M&G Prudential buys UK rail freight firm

    27 September 2019

    GB Railfreight is fourth investment through Infracapital

  • BaFin reveals 12% investment turnover rate by insurers in 2018

    27 September 2019

    Regulator also ran tests using 1.2% reinvestment yield last year

  • Insurers vie with funds for control of PG&E

    27 September 2019

    The underwriters are owed $20bn from California wildfire, so aim to take over bankrupt utility