Archive

  • Chart of the Week - European insurance premiums mapped out

    09 May 2025

    GWP is the lifeblood of general accounts, so we lay out all Solvency II nations' premiums, and rates of change since 2023

  • AM Best warns about threat to Taiwan's lifers as volatility hits FX

    09 May 2025

    US/Taiwan dollar cross-rate jolted by 8% in two days

  • Japan Post Insurance toughens shareholder voting plans ahead of May meetings

    09 May 2025

    Japanese insurer has revised its voting stance

  • Nippon Earthquake Insurance buys into printer's sustainability bond

    09 May 2025

    Favourable terms exist if issue cuts GHGs by 38%

  • European insurers may see "breakout moment" in private credit, Moody's says

    08 May 2025

    Appetite and capacity is there, ratings agency says, but regulations holding investment back

  • Patrick Tiernan nets top job at Lloyd's

    08 May 2025

    Becomes CEO effective 1 June

  • Aviva Investors expands Spanish build-to-rent platform with Madrid deal

    08 May 2025

    Affiliate acquires residential development in Butarque neighbourhood

  • MEAG refinances Nordic property developer

    08 May 2025

    Participates in debt refinancing of Parmaco

  • SFCRs 2025 - German lifers as Europe's hard-core 'non-core' investors

    08 May 2025

    Even after sleepy Bund yields staged a comeback, German life CIOs remain alive to rewards of alternative investments, their SFCRs show

  • STS ABS: Opportunities and expectations for European insurance investment portfolios

    The Simple, Transparent and Standardised asset-backed security (STS ABS) market can offer attractive potential risk-adjusted returns to complement an exposure to high-quality corporate and government bonds.