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Convex subjects its GA to Donald Trump calling the White House home (again)
28 August 2024Persistent inflation and expanding warzones were among other stress-tests in group's solvency report
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BaFin approves Gothaer and Barmenia merger
27 August 2024German mid-tiers will make a combined investment pot worth about €50bn
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Sompo International reveals illiquidity in alternative fund holdings
26 August 2024But income from alts funds jumps 19% in 2023
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Convex Group adds $137m to outsourced funds in 2023
20 August 2024Unfunded commitments to funds more than doubled last year
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Argo makes a mint from sub-prime holdings in 2023
19 August 2024A once-reviled asset class made 163% for the Bermudian last year
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Chart of the Week - Outsourcing by Bermudian re/insurers
16 August 2024Bermuda re/insurers seek a lot of expert help from independent asset managers
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Arch Capital delivers 'mixed messages' about external outsourcing in 2023
14 August 2024Returns undershot complex benchmark in 2023, but beat it the year before
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Convex group's investment income soars as 93% fixed income focus pays off
26 July 2024Bermudian insurer made "modest" additions to credit and equity positions last year, its FCR said
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'Viva Espana!' Spain's lifers praise the big match[ing adjustment]
15 July 2024Spaniards' SFCRs spoke of better risk and liquidity management from using the MA in 2023
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Dutch lifer explains preference for smart beta in fixed income
03 July 2024DELA Natura added a loan fund to its investment pot in 2023, its SFCR reveals
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Credit Agricole lifer sells down equities to meet surrenders in 2023
02 July 2024Insurer's SFCR detailed life policy lapse volumes for first time last year
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Japanese insurer's European merger could benefit sextet of external outsourcing partners
27 June 2024Carne, BlueBay AM, Veritas AM; CBRE, Aegon AM and LGT Capital Partners set to benefit
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BMA said to tighten screws over re/insurers' related-party investments
25 June 2024Pre-approval now needed, as PE ownership structure under microscope again
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Chart of the Week: Round the World - with Scandinavian/Nordic SFCRs
14 June 2024Equities stormed on, but in other ways insurers' solvency filings revealed last year was "a mirror image of 2022"
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German insurers had about two-thirds of basic capital requirement in market risk in 2023
13 June 2024New analysis examined solvency data of 178 German firms on standard formula
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- More comfortable down the curve
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- Aviva Investors and LGIM join call to curb the spread of superbugs
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