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  • Japanese watchdog gets 21 takers for ESG data code of conduct

    22 January 2024

    Code's founding technical committee chaired by professor Tetsuo Kitagawa of Aoyama Gakuin University

  • Life insurers to play it safe in 2024, Moody's says

    06 December 2023

    But insurers set to benefit from continuing high interest rates and booming BPA market

  • Moody's upgrades UnipolSai's outlook from "negative" to "stable"

    22 November 2023

    Change follows similar upgrade of Italian sovereign rating and reduction in exposure to Italian assets

  • European insurers' demand for illiquid assets to decline, Moody's predicts

    16 November 2023

    Agency also foresees pursuit of quality in higher interest era

  • Reinsurers to recover from unrealised losses, ratings agencies say

    06 September 2023

    Moody's puts spotlight on significant shift towards investment returns as part of reinsurers' profitability

  • Reinsurers' solvency ratios benefit from rising interest rates, Moody's says

    31 August 2023

    Rates hikes in 2022 good for European reinsurers investment returns and solvency ratios, but rates trajectory in 2023 unclear

  • BPA deal intensity creating liquidity pressures, says Phoenix Group

    01 August 2023

    Predicts mega-deals will become the norm

  • Better ALM helping APAC insurers navigate investment risk

    27 July 2023

    Frank Yuen, vice president for Asia financial institutions at Moody's, discusses the key risks faced by insurers in the APAC region. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • Comment - Italians' famed civility might be sorely tested, by Eurovita's gating

    06 July 2023

    IVASS has locked policyholders in until November

  • Moody's explains, and welcomes, Eurovita rescue plan

    06 July 2023

    The 'rescuing' insurers will share assets and liabilities, while banks cover liquidity from November