Archive

  • Solvency II securitisation charges remain turn-off for insurers

    19 March 2014

    Capital charges high compared to other asset classes

  • European life insurers set to boost illiquid investments

    12 February 2014

    Mortgage and infrastructure loans on the agenda in 2014

  • Commercial real estate investors add to criticism of Solvency II capital charges

    21 January 2014

    CFREC Europe and Inrev ask Eiopa to relax rules on commercial mortgage backed securities

  • EU insurers' investments increasingly risky

    20 January 2014

    Search for good yields means more speculative assets held, says Fitch

  • German insurers fight "unreasonably high" Solvency II infrastructure capital charge

    14 January 2014

    Unlisted renewables and infrastructure should have 20% capital charge, says GDV

  • Hopes build for better treatment of infrastructure investment under Solvency II

    27 September 2013

    Infrastructure investments provide a great match for insurers' liabilities, but Solvency II's crude view of the investment risk means money is not flowing as fast as it could. Milliman and JP Morgan Asset Management set out the justification for a review