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SFCRs 2025 - German lifers as Europe's hard-core 'non-core' investors
08 May 2025Even after sleepy Bund yields staged a comeback, German life CIOs remain alive to rewards of alternative investments, their SFCRs show
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Solvency of Zurich's German transfer insurer softens despite investment de-risking
07 May 2025Zurich Legacy Life detailed its risk-taking in its latest SFCR
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Comment - Does lightning strike twice? A (forlorn) bid for lower home premiums
06 May 2025Might address-level risk exposure depend, partly, on who lives at an address?
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APAC Weekly - Election outcomes spell good news for CIOs
06 May 2025Renewables pathway has been fairly set for next three years in Australia
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Axa's German life policy transfer unit saw market risk double in 2024
06 May 2025But Ager Leben reduced its €1.6bn Zinszusatzreserve
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Chart of the Week - MA is a £78bn capital goldmine that UK lifers just keep digging
02 May 2025Lifers exhibit 190% average solvency ratio with the MA, just 85% without it
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Lloyd's syndicates ventured 'beyond the core' in 2024
01 May 2025For most syndicates, 'core fixed income' was the anchor for their portfolios - but that did not prevent some from charting more distant waters with their general accounts in 2024
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UK lifers unlock £78bn of capital benefits from MA in 2024
01 May 2025Their benefit comprised £34.7bn lower SCRs and £43.4bn higher eligible own funds
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Asahi Life backs residential solar loans
30 April 2025Asahi Mutual Life to help Japanese get costly solar panels on rooftops
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As Trump's policies unleash turmoil on markets, Europe's insurers hold more US shares than ever
29 April 2025In GAs, Europe's insurers held €59.3bn worth of US shares directly at the end of 2024, EIOPA data shows
