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• Inflation a dark cloud for global (re)insurers

  24 August 2021

  Sector reported solid H1 but inflation "squeeze" a worry for future earnings, Willis Re warns

• COVID-19 impact on global reinsurance capital ranging from -5% to -20%

  28 April 2020

  Much of last year's expansion undone by steep sell off in equity and corporate bond markets

• Investment markets drive reinsurance sector's 8% capital growth in H1

  04 September 2019

  Falling bond yields and rising equity markets main driver of capital increase, Willis Re said

• Reinvestment risk hits yields at global reinsurers

  06 September 2017

  But macroeconomic worries deter greater risk-taking, says Willis Re

• Asset risks hold back hedge fund insurers

  06 January 2015

  Rating agencies are the main barrier to launch