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IMF warns of yield shock risk for life insurers
13 October 2021UK and US insurers most vulnerable with potential 30% loss in worst-case scenario
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BTPs - the love affair Italian CIOs can't quite let go of...
16 September 2021Italians love their domestic government bonds, and although regulators beg for diversification, CIOs are in no rush to let go. Abbie Wood reports
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Norway's insurance watchdog needs to set up own stress tests
20 August 2020IMF recommends Norway includes market/credit risks in oversight metrics
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Danish insurers pass IMF's stress test, more severe than COVID-19
18 August 2020Life sector more impacted than non-life and life unit-linked businesses
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Denmark's prudential supervision sound but scope for further improvement
14 August 2020IMF calls for greater focus on governance-related risks by supervisor
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The IMF calls for a total balance sheet approach in the USA
12 August 2020NAIC and state regulator should review RBC and PBR to reflect underlying economics
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USA insurers resilient despite vulnerable profitability
11 August 2020IMF warns on impact of low interest rates and rising corporate defaults
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Concentration in BTPs key risk for Italian insurers, IMF warns
23 March 2020Upward shift of 100bps in the government yield curve would reduce the value of insurers' own funds by 28%
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Austrian regulator on top of illiquidity and currency risks
12 March 2020The FMA has been monitoring both risks and is not phased by the IMF recommendations
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Emerging markets outlook infected by a virus
13 February 2020Easing in geopolitical tensions combined with encouraging economic factors suggest a good year ahead for emerging markets, but will insurers take the bait considering economic disruptions from the latest coronavirus outbreak? Stephanie Harris and Vincent Huck report