NORWAY - Strong sales of mandatory occupational pensions were not enough to counter the downturn in Norwegian and international equity markets in the second quarter, seeing Storebrand Life Insurance post a value-adjusted investment return of minus 0.4%.
However over the first six months of 2006, the firm posted a value-adjusted return of 2.4%. So far this year, the life insurer has booked a net inflow of pension reserves of NOK3.5bn, of which Q...
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