Archive

  • Chart of the Week - What Solvency UK means for the UK General Account

    03 January 2025

    Last year the PRA announced raised thresholds for UK insurers to be subject to 'Solvency UK'

  • "Proof is in the pudding" for UK government's investment incentives

    01 January 2025

    According to Aviva Investor's senior economist and strategist

  • Chinese regulator updates rules to assess riskiness of equity investment managers

    26 December 2024

    Sweeping reforms of asset-risk assessment by insurers will take effect from next July

  • Exploring the demand in affordable housing

    23 December 2024

    Mike Lohmeier, chief investment officer at IMPACT Community Capital, explains the current state of play in affordable housing investments in the US, and compares it to other real estate asset classes

  • Insurers are picking up banks' fossil fuel financing slack

    16 December 2024

    Rainforest Action Network says there is a "shocking lack of transparency about what insurers are underwriting and investing in"

  • NAIC's deactivation order could hit private credit investments, Willkie says

    12 December 2024

    Privately rated securities issued after 1 January 2022 targeted

  • BoE calls for increased transparency around PE-backed (re)insurers' exposures

    03 December 2024

    Warns of systemic risks at the intersection of the PE and life insurance sectors if vulnerabilities not addressed

  • M&G Investments to adopt 'Sustainability Impact' label for fund

    02 December 2024

    M&G Positive Impact Fund set to adopt SDR label in early 2025

  • European insurers' ratings safe from EIOPA fossil surcharges, Fitch says

    21 November 2024

    Agency predicts proposed increase in capital requirements would affect firms' Solvency II ratios by less than 100bps

  • Complacency is key risk to watch for, Swiss Re's Haegeli warns

    19 November 2024

    Highlighting that recent election results in Europe and US have not dampened the attractiveness of sustainable infrastructure for insurers' investments