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Strategic stake sell-downs "positive" for credit profile of Japan's major non-lifers
30 July 2024S&P Global Ratings expects the proceeds to be major profit driver for sellers this year
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APAC weekly - The mixed prognosis for APAC insurers, private credit and outsourcing
09 July 2024It seems patience will be a virtue, for asset managers wanting private credit mandates from APAC insurers
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S&P affirms "stable" outlook for Baloise
12 June 2024After applying revised criteria
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S&P welcomes increased scrutiny of funded reinsurance from PRA and BMA
06 June 2024Warning recapture of ceded exposures could push some BPA writers into negative solvency ratios
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Solvency UK's MA reform "not likely a game changer", S&P says
07 May 2024Insurers unlikely to take inclusion of highly predictable cash flows to the extreme
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Insurers' investments face risks in case of Israel-Iran conflict escalation, S&P says
17 April 2024Agency believes foreign insurers' direct exposure to Israel via insurance and reinsurance to be "relatively immaterial"
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Japan's CIOs have alternatives managers in their sights
17 April 2024The Bank of Japan may have stolen the limelight last month, but insurance CIOs made headlines as well, with eye-catching allocations to non-mainstream assets and emerging managers
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Comment - Do American cicadas feel joy? Why Japanese lifers and the BoJ may have the answer
20 March 2024CIOs may feel the rare rate hike in Tokyo yesterday was a few years too late to help
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AIA highlights "small" exposure to non-debt holdings in China
14 March 2024Provisioning for credit losses is about 0.5% of portfolio
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APAC CIOs to be 'interventionist' in coming year, predicts S&P Global Ratings
13 March 2024Taiwanese insurers post T$40bn losses on FX hedging