Archive

  • JP Morgan hires Aon insurance asset head

    24 September 2013

    Gareth Haslip is latest recruit to insurance investment team

  • Leasing and trade finance could spice up insurers' portfolios

    18 September 2013

    The traditional bond markets are no longer satisfying insurers' desire for a secure, stable investment income. Portfolios need to be developed to include other new core asset classes and there are opportunities aplenty for the more nimble insurers, says Yasheen Rajan.

  • Swiss investment fund to provide regulatory capital to smaller insurers

    12 September 2013

    Twelve Capital sees opportunity in banks' withdrawal from lending

  • Scor to set up loan investment platform

    04 September 2013

    Reinsurer is raising allocation to corporate, real estate and infrastructure debt

  • Investment environment remains biggest challenge to reinsurers

    29 August 2013

    Softening prices also a threat, says Fitch

  • Non-life underwriting boosts Hannover Re profit

    07 August 2013

    Income from investments and life and health reinsurance fall away

  • Hiscox latest to report investment slump

    29 July 2013

    Low bond yields also bring greater competition from ILS investors

  • Insurers' asset shifts create credit risks

    17 July 2013

    Moody's warns of investing in illiquid and low-quality assets

  • Twelve Capital hires leading risk management academic

    12 July 2013

    Markus Stricker joins Swiss insurance investment firm

  • Low interest rates challenge regulators as well as insurers

    05 July 2013

    Current economic policies are creating market distortions that insurers and their regulators should tackle sooner rather than later, says Daniel Hofmann, advisor to the chairman of Zurich Insurance Group