Archive

  • 40 countries going to the polls in 2024, but Biden vs Trump remains prime time match

    26 December 2023

    Guy Miller, chief market strategist at Zurich, discusses the implication of the US election for economic outlook

  • CIOs put their skates on as the ice thins

    21 December 2023

    Zurich highlights four characteristics that will define 2024 in economic outlook

  • EIOPA proposes capital charges on fossil fuel assets

    15 December 2023

    Proposals are part of review of Solvency II mandate

  • EU's latest review of Solvency II to increase reporting burdens

    14 December 2023

    Changes made to unlock green and digital investment, but sustainability risk reporting will increase operational burden, Insurance Europe says

  • Second phase of Solvency UK will broaden investment opportunities, L&G group CEO says

    13 December 2023

    Phase two will be a "critical lever", Nigel Wilson says, as phase one is set to become law

  • AG Insurance CIO discusses the return of optionality in insurance investing

    13 December 2023

    Wim Vermeir examines the Belgium insurer's 2024 outlook titled 'the return of the returns'

  • When Japan sneezes

    11 December 2023

    Japan's economy has seen a sea change this year as the BoJ loosens what seems like it has been a lifetime of low rates. Life insurers are preparing to make their own moves on the back of this—which could impact the rest of the world.

  • Chart of the Week - Luxembourg regulator plans 'Liz Truss buffer' for LDI funds

    08 December 2023

    CSSF stops (just) short of naming Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng in its plans

  • Regulators monitoring insurer derivatives use, IAIS says

    07 December 2023

    Rising interest rates increasing margin call risks on insurer derivative holdings

  • How can insurers hot-wire the energy transition?

    06 December 2023

    Four insurance investors sat down together in London to discuss what role insurance investors should be playing in the energy transition, as well as the investment tools that are available to help them speed up the change