Archive

• Schroders to hire head of Asian sustainability strategy

  14 July 2021

  Mervyn Tang to move from Fitch Ratings

• Fitch raises concerns of US life insurers "overreaching for yield"

  01 July 2021

  But can stave off rating downgrades by managing in-force business and products

• Italian sovereign exposure main reason for low investment and asset risk score

  29 June 2021

  Interest rate risk manageable for European composite insurers, Fitch Ratings says

• Fitch Ratings warns of Chinese life insurers risky holdings

  23 June 2021

  Upcoming C-ROSS update to make insurers more cautious in investment decisions

• Korean insurers coming back home

  25 May 2021

  As yield from domestic sovereign bonds rises

• UK life insurers' SII SCR ratios wavered but remained strong in 2020

  15 April 2021

  Risks remain over potential downgrades and defaults in credit portfolios

• Allianz Leben reveals equity fund losses, write-downs - and an improved 2020 investment result

  13 April 2021

  Germany's largest life unit achieved 4.1% net yield

• German lifers at the mercy of interest rates falling lower, Fitch Ratings warns

  02 February 2021

  Little room for restructuring the portfolios left if rates were to fall further

• Korean insurers to be impacted by ESG disclosure requirements

  26 January 2021

  Companies with over KRW 2trn ($1.8bn) in assets to disclose ESG reports by 2025

• Asia - how to keep calm in a storm

  13 January 2021

  Asian insurers were the first to suffer from COVID-19, including in their general account investments, but industry practitioners and analysts see a robust industry navigating seemingly endless low rates. David Walker reports