News

  • European Commission proposes to align non-financial reporting Directive and TCFD

    14 January 2019

    Report includes specific recommendation to insurers

  • Deals round-up: 11 Jan 2019

    11 January 2019

    PIC, L&G and Aberdeen

  • Unrealised losses on bonds restrict reinsurance sector’s overall return

    11 January 2019

    Investment yield appears to have bottomed-out and showed a small uptick to 2.7% in the first nine months of 2018, according to Aon reinsurance outlook

  • 40% of insurers grew Solvency II investment risk in 2017

    11 January 2019

    According to research by Insurance Risk Data

  • Indian insurers’ real assets exposure up 15.7%

    10 January 2019

    Regulator data shows three-quarters of total commitments to asset class come from life sector

  • Global Atlantic appoints deputy CIO

    09 January 2019

    Anup Agarwal joins insurer from Western Asset Management

  • Korea Post Insurance commits $50m to US venture capital fund

    09 January 2019

    Chicago-based Adams Street Partners will manage the VC

  • French insurers cut allocation to financials’ debt

    08 January 2019

    Regulator reveals French insurers invested €2.5trn in the first half of 2018

  • Axa IMRA spends ¥100bn on Japanese logistics assets

    08 January 2019

    Firm forms joint-venture with ESR and acquires five assets in Greater Tokyo and one in Greater Osaka

  • Trend towards illiquids here to stay, BlackRock report finds

    08 January 2019

    Two-thirds of surveyed insurers are to increase allocations in real assets, with just under three quarters planning to increase private credit