Archive

  • SII review (finally) make the forbidden fruit of long-term equity edible for insurers?

    08 May 2024

    DWS believes recent changes have the potential to significantly increase adoption of LTE across Continental insurers

  • Viridium adds to investment burden, by doubling guarantee for Generali Leben's policyholders

    08 May 2024

    CEO Tilo Dresig addresses BaFin's stopping Viridium's planned back-book deal with Zurich

  • Solvency UK's MA reform "not likely a game changer", S&P says

    07 May 2024

    Insurers unlikely to take inclusion of highly predictable cash flows to the extreme

  • OAC launches tool to connect investment strategies to insurer solvency

    06 May 2024

    Instrument can be applied to stress-testing, too, say actuarial consultants

  • National regulators tell EIOPA which assets they believe are riskiest for insurers

    03 May 2024

    EIOPA has concluded examination of Solvency II's prudent person principle

  • Comment - Insurance regulators confront crypto currencies

    02 May 2024

    Pronouncements by watchdogs about digital tenders seem to be softening, though not warming, to the asset class

  • Hong Kong regulator sets out stance on insurers' capital and crypto asset investments

    02 May 2024

    But door perhaps left ajar, for central banks' digital currencies

  • BMA regulatory reforms get thumbs up from Fitch

    01 May 2024

    Agency says changes support insurer credit profiles, while cautioning against regulatory arbitrage

  • Making sense of social impact metrics for investment decisions

    01 May 2024

    Can investors create a single, comparable social impact metric for their investments - and does it even make sense to try?

  • Sterling LDI fund managers face 300bps liquidity buffer

    01 May 2024

    Asset managers gave mixed reviews of CSSF's proposals during consultation