News

• Insurers underperform on ESG integration

  30 August 2018

  In particular US insurers struggle with the heavily politicised issue of climate change

• Moody’s warns Apollo about shifting Aspen’s investments

  29 August 2018

  Caution comes even though Aspen UK holds only 5% in shares

• European insurers call for reintroduction of equities recycling in IFRS 9

  29 August 2018

  Ban misleads performance of long-term equity investment, says Insurance Europe

• Sustainable investment taxonomy should be broader, say European insurers

  28 August 2018

  Insurance Europe responds to European Commission's proposal to create a classification system

• Interest rate environment prompts Baloise asset reallocation

  28 August 2018

  Baloise has reshuffled several investments for higher yields

• Apollo buys Aspen for $2.6bn

  28 August 2018

  US asset manager locks deal with Bermudan re/insurer

• Aegon reaches $100m settlement with US regulator over model faults

  28 August 2018

  The Dutch insurer did not admit or deny the SEC findings

• Selling investments pushes German life firms into safe territory...just

  24 August 2018

  More than one in every five euros of return comes from selling assets

• Munich Re and Guggenheim deal talks fall flat

  24 August 2018

  German insurer was to buy stake in asset manager or US financial conglomerate

• LGIM pressures international standards body to adopt TCFD

  23 August 2018

  Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has thrown its weight behind calls for the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to adopt harmonised climate risk reporting.