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  • IVASS reveals where, and why, paper losses sit in insurers' general accounts

    05 July 2022

    Regulator let lifers stress-test negative rates environment in 2021 mid-year trials

  • IVASS reveals €25bn reduction in BTP exposure in 2021

    04 July 2022

    Trimming left general accounts 38% exposed, on average

  • Chart of the Week - Veni, vidi, vendidit ('I came, I saw, I sold [my BTPs]')

    01 July 2022

    Julius Caesar obviously loved the Roman Empire. Insurers' CIOs who kept selling off BTPs in 2021 seem less convinced

  • Italian insurers in first net capital loss position "for several years" as rates rise

    01 July 2022

    IVASS head leaves door open for re-emergence of non-unit linked products

  • Generali earns Moody's upgrade as BTP exposure falls

    09 May 2022

    But shareholder divisions earn a warning as governance risk grows

  • Italian insurers' solvency slid to 101% in EIOPA stress test

    06 May 2022

    Exposures to BTPs and BBB private bonds largely responsible, says Banc d'Italia

  • IVASS consults on significant investment reform of pension products

    22 April 2022

    And warns insurers about "complex" capital optimisation tools of asset managers

  • Ivass consults on changing capital gains recognition in unit-linked policies

    17 March 2022

    Regulator suggests letting providers propose different recognition policy in mid-stream

  • Chart of the week: IVASS reveals extent of Italians' spread risk

    03 December 2021

    Insurers cut BTPs by 2 percentage points in H1 2021, but are still half their portfolios

  • The road to BTP exposure is rocky...

    29 October 2021

    IVASS report shows Italian insurers diversifying portfolios, as investments hit €1trn