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Concentration in BTPs key risk for Italian insurers, IMF warns
23 March 2020Upward shift of 100bps in the government yield curve would reduce the value of insurers' own funds by 28%
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Insurers remain operational amid COVID-19, Swiss regulator says
23 March 2020Firms are more affected by financial market corrections than on claims side, FINMA admits
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Helvetia AM postpones subscription to Swiss real estate fund
23 March 2020Launch announced in early March, but COVID-19's economic impact calls for delay
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Three Swedish firms invest in IFC's SEK 3bn coronavirus bond
20 March 2020As the World Bank announces $14bn financial package to help curb the pandemic
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The Secret CIO on COVID-19
16 March 2020As markets sink, a chief investment officer at a European insurer tells Vincent Huck how the pandemic is affecting its thinking.
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Insurers committed 89% of raised capital in French infra debt funds
12 March 2020And one-third of raised capital in infra equity funds
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Austrian regulator on top of illiquidity and currency risks
12 March 2020The FMA has been monitoring both risks and is not phased by the IMF recommendations
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Folksam divests from gaming companies
12 March 2020Gaming is the third sector excluded from Swedish insurer's investment universe
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Swiss Re's economic outlook catches Covid-19
11 March 2020Reinsurer predicts a global recession in 2020
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Taiwan introduces credit risk cap on investment-linked policies
11 March 2020These policies now account for 30% of first-year premium in Taiwan's life insurance industry