Japan’s Big Non-Life Insurers Plan to Sell Cross Shareholdings May 20, 2025 By Nao Sano Japan’s three major casualty insurers plan to sell a total of about ¥1.37 trillion ($9.5 billion) of cross-held shares in...
Corporate Credit Tremors in Aftershock of Tariff-Led Stock Rout April 10, 2025 By Naomi Rovnick, Harry Robertson and Sinead Cruise The tariff shock and recession fears that have sent world stocks into a tailspin over the last week are rolling...
Generali Won’t Fight Italy Government Over Natixis Deal, CEO Tells Paper April 4, 2025 By Gianluca Semeraro, Giuseppe Fonte and Valentina Za Italian insurer Generali will not put up a fight to defend a planned asset management tie-up, if Rome’s opposition stiffens...
Italy Insurance Watchdog Needs More Details of Generali-Natixis Deal, Sources Say April 2, 2025 By Giuseppe Fonte and Valentina Za Italy’s insurance regulator IVASS needs more details about internal control and governance systems as it reviews domestic leader Generali’s proposed...
Swedish Insurer Folksam Divests $160 Million Tesla Stake April 2, 2025 Sweden’s largest insurer Folksam said on Wednesday it has sold its stake in electric car maker Tesla over concerns about...
Allianz Global Investors Scraps Nuclear, Military Exclusions to Back Europe Rearmament April 1, 2025 By Iain Withers Germany’s Allianz Global Investors has dropped two exclusions blocking its sustainable funds from investing in defense, becoming one of the...
Germany Tells Insurers to Vet Private Asset Deals More Carefully March 25, 2025 By Nicholas Comfort and Libby Cherry Germany’s financial watchdog is pushing insurers to step up scrutiny of private credit investments after several firms were stung by...
Lloyd’s Register to Sell Modern Tower and Return to Victorian HQ March 21, 2025 By Damian Shepherd and Jack Sidders Lloyd’s Register, the maritime society formed in a London coffee house in 1760, has put its modern glass headquarters up...
Generali to Remain in Charge of Investment Decisions in BPCE Deal, Won’t Cut Stake February 4, 2025 By Gianluca Semeraro Generali to remain in charge of decisions over how to allocate its own clients’ savings under the asset management deal...
Dutch Willing to Help Insurers Invest in Defense, Minister Says January 23, 2025 Dutch insurance companies and other financial institutions that want to invest in the defense industry can expect guidance from the...