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Fitch warns about Chinese lifers' local equity exposure after NFRA cuts capital charges

Life insurers raised holdings from 15% to 17% during Q1

Chart of the Week - Bermuda as a magnet for life policy reserves, backed by private credit

Moody's Ratings report charts an industry "transformed" by reinsurance, and alternative asset manager tie-ups

NAIC speaks out against planned moratorium on AI regulation

Regulatory uncertainty likely to result from proposal which forms part of 'big beautiful bill' currently before Congress

NZAOA launches recommendations for halting deforestation

Alliance says effort required from investors, policymakers, companies, and data providers

Mike Eakins in the hot seat

At Insurance Asset Risk's recent EMEA 2025 conference in London, Mike Eakins, CIO of Phoenix Group, discussed in a fireside chat a wide set of issues, ranging from the new Mansion House Accord to the benefits of volatility and the continuing rise of private asset investments.

SFCR 2025 - The matching adjustment misfired, again, in Spain in 2024

Overall, the MA delivered a capital benefit to Spanish lifers using it in 2024. But that was not always the case, for the capital requirements of most of its users

Challenger welcomes Apra's consultation on life illiquidity premium

Annuity writer calls proposals "significant improvement" on current capital settings

Apra edges towards, but rules out, matching adjustment for Australia, for now

Reforms to illiquidity premium for annuity writers were proposed today

Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2025 round up: are markets optimistic or complacent?

IAR EMEA 2025: "No regulatory reform 'pudding' until insurers finish their main course"