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  • Life insurers not turning away from alternative investments yet, EIOPA says

    12 December 2023

    Many had expected life insurers' "search for yield" would become less pronounced

  • Distilling complexity for CIOs' benefit

    06 November 2023

    Various pressures have come to bear on insurance CIOs in recent years - and not always because of mercurial investment markets. Schroders' Alberto Scarsini distils the challenges to find the basic elements

  • Chart of the week - Are insurers a worthwhile investment?

    04 August 2023

    Insurers themselves seem to think 'largely not', as relative stock performance proves variable

  • Paper losses swipe over 20 percentage points from European lifers' investment results

    01 August 2023

    Sector was 25% short of meeting its promises, based on all-in investment result

  • Segmentation of capital requirement for European insurers' investment risk taking revealed

    28 June 2023

    By Insurance Risk Data proprietary research

  • Europe's insurers expanded top- and bottom-grade bonds in Q4 2022, EIOPA finds

    26 June 2023

    Authority also reveals three stress-test results for energy-intensive sector bonds

  • Insurers' alternatives allocations defy attraction of higher core yields

    23 June 2023

    EEA undertakings hold nearly €500bn in alternative funds, EIOPA data reveals

  • EEA insurers turn net sellers of govvies and non-bank credit for first time in Solvency II history

    23 June 2023

    EEA insurers turn net sellers of govvies and non-bank credit for first time in Solvency II history

  • Chart of the Week - EIOPA reveals gilts/liquidity crisis' effect on EEA insurers

    23 June 2023

    EIOPA's mid-year Financial Stability Report examines how far govies back repo trades among EEA insurers

  • EIOPA greenwashing report calls for credible plans to achieve net zero goals

    07 June 2023

    And casts spotlight on insufficient sustainability-linked shareholder engagement