Archive

  • Falling asset values and higher default rates key risk to EMEA insurers' investments, Fitch says

    04 December 2025

    Sovereign risk concentration and increased allocations to alts and illiquids also among risks facing European insurers

  • Chart of the Week - The rise and rise of (small) insurers investing in private assets

    28 November 2025

    Analysis by Insurance Risk Data shows it is not just Europe's life juggernauts sourcing private assets....

  • Axa IM alts issues €500m green bond

    27 November 2025

    Bond pays a coupon of 3.375% and has been given A- rating by Fitch

  • Fitch details US alt manager tie-up and private credit risk facing European insurers

    21 November 2025

    Ratings agency highlights "increased structural complexity and interconnectedness" of asset class

  • Fitch removes FX-related negative ratings watches on five Taiwanese life firms

    17 November 2025

    But remains negative about TransGlobe Life and Shin Kong Life

  • Alt IM expansion in Lloyd's syndicates and US casualty sidecars raise risks, Fitch says

    07 November 2025

    Longer‑duration premium flows are being invested in higher‑yield private assets managed by alt IMs

  • Fitch warns EC's Solvency II reform plans could push shift to "higher-risk or less liquid credit investments"

    06 November 2025

    Firms with 'expanded allocations to private credit, real assets and structured instruments' put on notice

  • Comment: Why rated infra debt is good for North American insurers seeking capital efficiency

    06 November 2025

    By Monsur Hussain, head of markets research at Fitch Ratings

  • Reinsurers investment returns solid, ratings agencies say, as sector outlook nudged downwards

    03 September 2025

    As Moody's says there's a couple more years to go before decreasing interest rates start to affect investment returns

  • Solvency II revamp should bring securitized investments back into play for insurers, AB says

    28 August 2025

    More favourable capital treatment for securitizations is an "underappreciated" element of the planned reforms