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Italian insurer assets fell almost 10% in Q1 as BTP spreads widened
29 May 2020Regulator reassures industry solvency still held above 200%
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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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Italian supervisor demands more severe scenario testing
13 March 2019Ivass details severity of stressors in latest own risk and solvency assessments
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Italian regulator calls for better property risk data
12 February 2019Poor statistics make for poor risk modelling, Ivass says
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Solvency II changes needed for unrated bond investors, says Ivass
08 October 2018Italian regulator wants amendments for private equity, too
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Volatilità spurs Italian insurers to review portfolios
04 September 2018Italy's underwriters long understood their sovereign debt was not riskless. This year's jolts only intensified their search for other investments, as David Walker reports
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Italian insurers failed by Solvency II volatility adjustment, Ivass says
29 June 2018Mechanism did not protect underwriters from recent bond market turbulence
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Italian regulator demands more explanation of sovereign bond risk
14 February 2018Italy's insurance regulator has told insurers to improve their explanations of how they manage government bond risk, in their own risk and solvency assessment (Orsa) documents.
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Italian regulator pushes renaissance of with-profits phenomenon
21 November 2017Rule changes would allow for multi-year profits smoothing in hybrid product
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Corporate bond splash drives up credit risk in Italian portfolios
16 June 2016Insurers divest from sovereigns in the hunt for yield, says Fitch