News

• JGB yields rising a "probable game change" for Japan's lifers, Fitch says

  08 February 2023

  Sector is already selling off US treasuries

• Suncorp doubles real assets exposure in December half-year

  08 February 2023

  Investment income rockets in part thanks to linkers

• Comment: Time to rethink Solvency II and capital charging 'liquidity risk'?

  07 February 2023

  Is a different capital charge justified if a fund's redemption terms prevent one insurer encashing its investments compared to a directly-invested rival?

• Société Générale Assurances partners with Tikehau Capital on unit-linked offering

  07 February 2023

  Part of efforts to "democratizing access to real assets"

• The new normal is good old "normal volatility" Swiss Re says

  07 February 2023

  Making balance sheet management more important and challenging

• Phoenix Group joins Transition Pathway Initiative

  07 February 2023

  Which will help it pursue its "science based approach to decarbonising" its portfolio

• Solvency II capital benefit from diversification grows 14.4% at 56 groups, in 2021

  07 February 2023

  But market SCR of the cohort grows faster, Insurance Risk Data finds

• Africa Specialty Risks appoints CFO

  06 February 2023

  Ciaran O'Donnell takes over from Bryan Howett

• Comment - Is Australia on the verge of needing large ranks of CIOS?

  03 February 2023

  If hard-to-insure communities turn to mutuals as climate change intensifies losses, as private sector property insurers 'run from the hills', CIOs are going to be in demand

• Chart of the Week - Post-Brexit UK attracts under 3% of Europe's GA

  03 February 2023

  EIOPA reveals direct UK exposure of EEA insurers' GAs at second lowest point since Q4 2017