There is plenty of fine talk – increasingly coupled with ambitious policy objectives – around responsible investment, but hard data about the impact of different approaches on investment portfolios is still hard to come by.

“Prepare for the worst …. But hope for something better” was the mantra at an insurance industry conference on Brexit in London last week.

The Insurance Investment Exchange Awards 2018, the original and premier awards for investment excellence in the insurance sphere, are now open for entries.

The pressure on insurers and their CIOs to move investments away from fossil fuels has been building up steadily since the Paris climate change summit in September 2015.

The Insurance Investment Exchange has expanded its popular events programme for 2018.

According to the report, while the global economic outlook continues to improve, the prolonged low yield environment and low market volatility coupled with high levels of economic and political uncertainty continue to represent major challenges for European insurers and pensions funds.