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  • Solvency of Zurich's German transfer insurer softens despite investment de-risking

    07 May 2025

    Zurich Legacy Life detailed its risk-taking in its latest SFCR

  • Axa's German life policy transfer unit saw market risk double in 2024

    06 May 2025

    But Ager Leben reduced its €1.6bn Zinszusatzreserve

  • Lloyd's syndicates ventured 'beyond the core' in 2024

    01 May 2025

    For most syndicates, 'core fixed income' was the anchor for their portfolios - but that did not prevent some from charting more distant waters with their general accounts in 2024

  • UK lifers unlock £78bn of capital benefits from MA in 2024

    01 May 2025

    Their benefit comprised £34.7bn lower SCRs and £43.4bn higher eligible own funds

  • Rothesay reports "immaterial" impact on investments from Solvency UK MA reforms, so far

    14 April 2025

    UK lifer branched into French home loans in 2024

  • Pension Insurance Corporation reveals MA asset breakdown in SFCR

    14 April 2025

    Market risk continued dominating group's total SCR in 2024

  • Chart of the Week - UK life insurers' market risk at sub-module level

    11 April 2025

    As equity and bond markets twist and turn, SFCRs reveal which gyrations matter most for UK CIOs

  • Transparency dawns in SCR sub-module figures of UK insurers

    25 March 2025

    And, arguably, the PRA loads an additional reporting burden on the sector

  • St James's Place reveals full investment transparency of 'Solvency UK' reports

    24 March 2025

    Life group itemised its 2024 investment and underwriting SCRs at sub-module level

  • Chart of the Week - The importance of investing in UK asset-intensive reinsurance deals

    14 March 2025

    Data from RGA's Irish unit shows how much investment returns matter, in funded-re deals since 2015