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Chart of the Week - European insurance premiums mapped out
09 May 2025GWP is the lifeblood of general accounts, so we lay out all Solvency II nations' premiums, and rates of change since 2023
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As Trump's policies unleash turmoil on markets, Europe's insurers hold more US shares than ever
29 April 2025In GAs, Europe's insurers held €59.3bn worth of US shares directly at the end of 2024, EIOPA data shows
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EIOPA recommends 100% capital charge for crypto assets
28 March 2025Authority published its advice to the European Commission, yesterday
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Comment - A CIO must be a 'prudent person', EIOPA says - but apply 100% capital charges to crypto holdings, just in case
28 March 2025EIOPA's advice for a 100% risk charge for the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum make sense. It's whether the investments do or don't....
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Will infrastructure become Europe's 'capital-lite' investment for insurers?
12 March 2025Europe's insurers are ever so politely taking issue with Donald Trump's vow to 'drill, baby, drill'
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Charts of the Year - How 2024 looked, in twelve charts
13 December 2024It was never a dull moment in 2024, including for our Chart of the Week column. This week we provide 12 new charts, which we feel summarise the 'key points' from the year just gone.
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Chart of the Week - Lapse risk and where it emerged in Italy
06 December 2024IVASS asked lifers to "rethink" products after lapses hit 12-year peaks in 2023. We examine who might be thinking hardest
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Chart of the Week - EIOPA spells out dangers of fossil fuel investments
29 November 2024As well as suggesting capital surcharges for GHG-risk equities and bonds this month, EIOPA analysed the risks of keeping them in Gas
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European insurers' ratings safe from EIOPA fossil surcharges, Fitch says
21 November 2024Agency predicts proposed increase in capital requirements would affect firms' Solvency II ratios by less than 100bps
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Chart of the Week - Japan's largest groups reveal GA changes after strategic equity sales
15 November 2024All Japan's large non-life insurers are eliminating their long-term cross-holdings in other companies