Traditionally conservative European insurers and pension funds are turning increasingly to risky property bets on everything from new homes in provincial Britain to car parks at Brussels airport, as they feel the pinch from rock-bottom interest rates. While much is …
Prudential Plc, Aviva Plc and Legal & General Group Plc are among large U.K. insurers to win Bank of England approval of the models they use to calculate capital requirements under the European Union law known as Solvency II. The …
Australian Symon Drake-Brockman is on the front line of a revolution in European finance. The former head of global debt markets at Royal Bank of Scotland now runs Pemberton Asset Management in London’s genteel Belgravia, several miles from the “Square …
Europe’s insurers are preparing to boost dividends to the highest of any industry except utilities, making use of expanding surplus capital to offer investors an alternative to record low interest earnings from bonds. Companies including Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer, …
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s largest insurer, is about to make its first investments in European direct lending, including infrastructure debt. The insurer wants to lend to small to medium-sized European companies and commercial real estate owners to finance infrastructure …
A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb” of the United Arab Emirates’ Dubai Insurance Company PSC (DIC), both with stable outlooks. The ratings of DIC …
