Archive

  • APAC Weekly - 'Would you like some crypto with that?'

    12 May 2026

    In Japan, some insurers' salespeople offered a wider range of options than surprised customers expected, lately

  • FSB warns of "particularly aggressive" buying of private credit by PE-backed insurers

    11 May 2026

    Report on private credit also notes "significant" forecast growth for Funded Re

  • Alte Leipziger Leben announces German retirement savings product - seven months early

    11 May 2026

    German politicians passed laws on Friday for new retirement fund products

  • Moody's finds "relatively little exposure" to US private credit concerns at UK and European re/insurers

    08 May 2026

    But growing exposure to "hard-to-value" assets highlights role of AM quality

  • NAIC updates Washington on private credit, offshore life reinsurance and business models

    08 May 2026

    NAIC emphasises its asset focus in funded re deals, and on Bermuda and Cayman Islands

  • Candidates seeking industry watchdog role in California split on climate change

    07 May 2026

    Consumer Watchdog polled those seeking to succeed Ricardo Lara on fossil fuel investing

  • Fitch predicts "material reduction" in asset-intensive reinsurance under PRA plans

    06 May 2026

    "Innovative structures" likely, if NAIC acts on private assets popular with AM-owned US lifers

  • Fokoku Life issues ten commandments to avert staff misconduct

    06 May 2026

    Other lifers' salespeople have been found to have breached employers' guidelines

  • APAC Weekly - Temporary insurers step up to fill a Gulf in coverage

    05 May 2026

    Governments across region rush to establish war risk pools

  • PRA's funded re plans won't deter lifers using AIR for accessing esoteric assets

    01 May 2026

    Lawyers and actuaries do expect some impact on UK deal volumes, however