Archive

  • EU stress test reveals asset risks

    01 December 2014

    Eiopa tests show one quarter of insurers would struggle with low interest rates

  • Gaps in insurers' investment management systems revealed

    28 November 2014

    Legacy systems are struggling to cope, says Celent

  • Dutch insurers could take €900m hit on mortgage revaluation

    27 November 2014

    A looming revaluation of mortgage loans could wipe out as much as €900m ($1.1bn) off the value of assets held by Dutch life insurers, rating agency Moody's has warned.

  • Insurers pin hopes on 'Juncker plan' to ease infrastructure investment

    26 November 2014

    Commission relies on private investors to boost growth

  • Larosière asks Eiopa to take "second look" at securitisations

    26 November 2014

    Solvency II capital charges produce "undesirable effects"

  • No signs of herd behaviour in insurers' search for yield, says Eiopa

    19 November 2014

    Regulation must not spur buying of any asset class, according to Bernardino

  • Bank of England quizzes Insurers on climate change

    29 October 2014

    Central bank asks about possible impact on investment performance

  • LEI guidelines issued by Eiopa

    20 October 2014

    Will apply from end of this year

  • Fitch decries proposed cut in SII ABS charges

    16 October 2014

    EC has ignored variations in risk and made it harder to structure deals

  • PRA unimpressed by insurers' arguments on matching adjustment

    16 October 2014

    Regulator says "no" to equity-release mortgages and limits benefits for other asset classes