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UK insurers face full risk-weighting of EU assets post-Brexit

Six key amendments identified in UK’s post Brexit Solvency II

Will businesses rise to age of authenticity?

Aviva chief behind new sustainable initiative says treatment of planet is “stealing from the future to pay for today”

Chesnara H1 results benefits from with-profits fund surplus release

UK run-off business generates £27m of capital

European insurers call for reintroduction of equities recycling in IFRS 9

Ban misleads performance of long-term equity investment, says Insurance Europe

LGIM pressures international standards body to adopt TCFD

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has thrown its weight behind calls for the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to adopt harmonised climate risk reporting.

Low investment return dents QBE's profits

Insurer blames rising US and UK interest rates, market volatility and widening credit spreads

Change in US accounting rule increase ETFs attractiveness for insurers

Report by Cerulli Associates advices ETF issuers to target insurance general accounts

Swiss Re US earnings face volatility from GAAP accounting change

Swiss Re has warned investors that new US accounting methods for equity and some alternative investments could lead to greater volatility in its US earnings when stock markets fluctuate.

IFRS 9 to "moderately increase" investment volatility

German life firms running out paper gains to finance reserves

Unrealised investment gains outweigh reserve requirements, for now…