British Insurers Propose Green Infrastructure Funding Model July 23, 2024 By Huw Jones Britain’s insurers set out plans on Monday on how to channel billions of pounds freed up from their safety buffers...
Labour Meets With Banks, Insurers to Discuss Ways to Boost Infrastructure Investment November 21, 2023 Britain’s opposition Labour Party met bank and insurance leaders on Monday to discuss ways to boost investment in infrastructure, as...
Construction Industry Faces ‘New Age’ Risks Along with Strong Growth Outlook December 2, 2021 The global construction industry’s risk landscape will be transformed by radical changes in design, materials and processes as the industry...
Emerging Mkt Infrastructure Projects to Bring Premiums of $50B in Next Decade: Sigma June 18, 2020 By L.S. Howard Investment in infrastructure development is set to be one of the main drivers of growth in emerging markets after the...
EU Wants Insurers to Plug Investment Gap, but Bank Partners Needed: Regulator November 17, 2017 By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn Efforts to get insurers to plug Europe’s investment gap by backing riskier assets could be undermined if banks are unwilling...
Europe’s Insurers, Pensions Seek Higher Yields via Infrastructure Investments December 21, 2016 By Oliver Suess Europe’s pensions and insurers, seeking returns in infrastructure deals after asset purchases by the European Central Bank gutted yields on...
European Insurers Look to Hoarding Cash After Brexit Vote June 29, 2016 By Oliver Suess Investors will consider hoarding cash in vaults as government bond yields fall deeper into negative territory following the U.K.’s vote...
EU Lowers Insurers’ Capital Requirements to Spur Infrastructure Investments April 1, 2016 By John Glover The European Union lowered capital requirements on insurance companies to spur investment in long-term infrastructure projects as policy makers struggle...
Chinese Insurers Form Fund to Finance Overseas Energy, Infrastructure Projects January 5, 2016 More than 40 Chinese insurance companies and asset managers have jointly started an investment firm, raising 40 billion yuan ($6...
EU Weighs Solvency II Capital Relief for Insurers’ Investments in Infrastructure September 21, 2015 By John Glover and Rebecca Christie The European Union is preparing reduced capital requirements for insurers in a bid to spur investment in long-term infrastructure projects....