The Insurance Investment Exchange, in partnership with IFI Global and 3SG, has launched a survey of institutional asset managers to gather fresh insights into their responses to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) agenda.

Expectations are piling up on insurers to use their financial muscle to support global action to combat climate change ahead of the re-arranged COP26 summit, now due to be held in Glasgow this November.

The prospects of a speedy deal to create an equivalence regime for the UK’s financial services sector in the wake of Brexit are steadily receding, writes Contributing Editor David Worsfold.

There was a surprise inclusion of a UK regulator on the shortlist for EIOPA chair, while the row over the Solvency II review escalates, writes David Worsfold, Contributing Editor.

Insurance Investment Exchange this week launched its latest digital roundtable series – Off the Beaten Track – which aims to explore new emerging asset classes and themes appearing in insurance portfolios as insurers balance tackling low yields with mitigating tail risks.

Turning an investment portfolio green is going to be one of the defining challenges for insurers over the next decade.