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European lapses hit five-year high - but insurers trim cash and liquid assets
16 May 2023Median insurer's bank investments rose to 13.5% of assets in Q4, EIOPA finds
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Rates-induced corrosion hit govvies and credit in Europe's GA throughout 2022
15 May 2023Direct debt and credit holdings have contacted for eight quarters running
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The sun shines again on Spanish general accounts
08 May 2023As fixed income yields rise, Spanish insurers' CIOs may reflect happily on their 76% weighting to fixed interest interests - and smile again, David Walker writes
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Danish supervisor spells out national stress tests
27 April 2023Market scenarios more severe than those presented in some SFCRs
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Comment: What's in a name? How investors are a 'proxy-SCR' for insurers' reputation risk
27 March 2023Reputations contain much value quickly lost, especially in the financial sector reliant on trust
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Large UK local sovereign / premium mismatch unearthed by BIS
01 March 2023Across EEA 51% of sovereigns in GAs are local, EIOPA data shows
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Chart of the Week - Russia's insurers, one year on...
24 February 2023Insurers in Russia face a regulatory and investment landscape that would be hardly recognisable from pre-war times
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Chart of the Week - Equities, a falling part of Germany's unit-linked industry?
17 February 2023Germany's unit-linked equity funds suffer first consecutive falls in volume
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Use of hedging derivatives in Europe hits multi-year high, EIOPA finds
09 February 2023Authority ascribes peak figure since at least 2020 to interest rate hedging
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Comment: Time to rethink Solvency II and capital charging 'liquidity risk'?
07 February 2023Is a different capital charge justified if a fund's redemption terms prevent one insurer encashing its investments compared to a directly-invested rival?