Archive

  • 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

  • 'Green' capital charges risk under-reserving for risk, actuaries told

    30 May 2023

    Actuaries warn of "moving away from the strict actuarial approach" as climate change looms

  • Chart of the Week - Solvency II ratios and general account debt holdings

    26 May 2023

    As debt holdings devalued in 2022, so did insurers' Solvency II funds, and ratios

  • Chart of the week - how Italian lifers use GAs for lapse risk

    19 May 2023

    Italian SFCRs explain their liquidity planning, and its various methods, to meet a startling leap in lapse risk