Archive

  • Tokio Marine AM holds out hope for cure to cancer

    17 January 2025

    Fund invests in research via underlying Candriam product

  • European insurers shifting away from illiquids, S&P says

    25 December 2024

    Auditors' view allays agency's fears from last year, with S&P saying insurers shifting to "plain vanilla" assets

  • Nippon Life can manage risks of funded re after Resolution M&A, S&P Global Ratings predicts

    16 December 2024

    But ratings agency expects parties to deal to watch regulatory developments closely

  • Geopolitical risks could eat up 95% of European insurers' capital surplus, S&P says

    29 November 2024

    Ratings agency found equity risk far outweighed bond risk in stress test scenario, despite lower exposures

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon

    05 November 2024

    A trend gaining quite some traction is overseas expansion, among both general and life insurers as buyers, from Japan, involving a fairly widely-spread mix of targets

  • APAC Weekly - Climate change will demand steely nerves, and broad shoulders, of region's CIOs

    29 October 2024

    Property insurers may have to rely on GAs to do heavy lifting, if CUOs 'drop the ball'

  • APAC Weekly - Forking paths for insurers in APAC's powerhouses: China and Hong Kong

    01 October 2024

    S&P Global Ratings sees a resurgent Hong Kong, but a struggling Mainland China

  • Reinsurers prepared for interest rate cuts, ratings agencies say

    10 September 2024

    Sector outlook positive

  • Strategic stake sell-downs "positive" for credit profile of Japan's major non-lifers

    30 July 2024

    S&P Global Ratings expects the proceeds to be major profit driver for sellers this year

  • APAC weekly - The mixed prognosis for APAC insurers, private credit and outsourcing

    09 July 2024

    It seems patience will be a virtue, for asset managers wanting private credit mandates from APAC insurers