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BoE commits to purchase £10bn of corporate bonds
04 August 2016Expansion of quantitative easing is initial response to Brexit vote
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Unipolsai investment yield up 10 basis points
04 August 2016Increase is down to reduction of sovereign bond holdings and slow pace of reinvestment
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Bank of England to put the squeeze on UK insurers
03 August 2016Monetary easing may include fresh round of asset purchases. Hugo Coelho reports
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Sovereign risk must be covered in the ORSA, says BaFin
02 August 2016Insurers with significant exposures face capital add-on
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Generali goes slower on realising gains
29 July 2016Insurer keen to preserve profitability in falling interest rate environment
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Generali commits fresh money to Italian bank rescue fund
29 July 2016Insurer could give up to €200m
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Catching the last wave of the credit cycle
13 July 2016Confronted with the prospect of an increase in default rates, insurers are hunting for yield in a more selective but expansive way, BlackRock's Zach Buchwald tells Hugo Coelho
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Transitional recalculation reduces risk of asset fire sales
05 July 2016Financial Policy Committee defends flexible implementation of Solvency II framework
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Axa blames low yields for lower earnings growth
21 June 2016Incoming chief executive lays out strategic plan for next five years
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Risk margin reform needed to save insurers from hedging dilemma
13 June 2016Hedging stabilises Solvency II figures at the expense of IFRS