Archive

  • Fitch highlights falling asset values, private credit, as possible risks for European insurers

    20 February 2026

    Agency warns "asset bubble risk is real"

  • Fitch foresees uptick in Hong Kong lifers' infrastructure holdings from capital charge changes

    16 February 2026

    Hong Kong's IA last week released proposed changes for infra, crypto and MA mechanism

  • M&G notes £722m exposure to UK ground rent phase out

    02 February 2026

    M&G notes £722m exposure to UK ground rent phase out

  • Shin Kong Life adopts new FX valuation freedoms in Taiwan

    02 February 2026

    FSC extended new valuation option after lifers' FX woes last May

  • Fitch predicts cull of investment risk in South Korea ahead of core ratio proposed from 2027

    29 January 2026

    FSC revealed plans for new ratio this month

  • It's still early innings for Alt IM-owned insurers - what's their play?

    28 January 2026

    Fitch Ratings warns of "elevated losses" if the credit cycle turns and discusses "esoteric" investments

  • Investment risk top of lifers' minds, but Fitch argues competitive pressure a greater concern

    23 January 2026

    Life insurers still taking measured approach to private assets, Fitch says

  • Fitch issues warnings about proposed FX reporting rules for Taiwan lifers

    16 January 2026

    Agency predicts FX mismatches will "remain substantial"

  • Fitch to watch growing private credit scale and complexity in 2026

    31 December 2025

    Though not a systemic risk, ratings agency notes private credit's expanding connections to wider capital markets and traditional lenders

  • APAC Weekly - Taiwan's lifers given 'breathing room' in ratings watches by Fitch

    16 December 2025

    Retraction of negative ratings watches might not, per se, have been the main cause for sector's relief