Archive

  • Croatian currency SCRs vanished as country joined euro

    17 July 2023

    Some insurers took advantage of assured conversion rates to calculate a nil FX risk, SFCRs show

  • French and Dutch insurers using standard formula plough own furrow with GA capital charges

    13 July 2023

    Aesio Mutuelle and ASR Schade apply modified property charges

  • Chart of the Week - Eurovita's general account over time, % (2017-2021)

    07 July 2023

    SFCRs show the Italian lifer being rescued by five peers, and banks, shunned risk - including heavy BTP weightings - in its GA

  • KLP steps up tax transparency focus in active ownership strategy

    28 June 2023

    Having filed resolutions at ExxonMobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips

  • Groupama Assicurazioni spells out asset liquidity for each life product

    22 May 2023

    Italian insurers increasingly focus on liquidity as interest rates rise

  • Poste Vita trimmed BTPs to 48.3% of portfolio in 2022

    22 May 2023

    Italian giant also bought reinsurance for 'mass lapse' underwriting risk

  • ITAS emphasises liquidity management as lapse risk jumps

    22 May 2023

    Italian group revealed yield on four main life products in SFCR

  • Chart of the week - how Italian lifers use GAs for lapse risk

    19 May 2023

    Italian SFCRs explain their liquidity planning, and its various methods, to meet a startling leap in lapse risk

  • Laegernes Pension loses money in GA, but beats credit and equity benchmarks in 2022

    10 May 2023

    Group's investment portfolio posted a 10.4% loss last year

  • FBD looked to alts funds to produce it gains, in 2022

    10 May 2023

    Major asset classes suffered significant mark-to-market losses in "unprecedented" year