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  • S&P welcomes increased scrutiny of funded reinsurance from PRA and BMA

    06 June 2024

    Warning recapture of ceded exposures could push some BPA writers into negative solvency ratios

  • A new dawn? Contemplating asset strategy anew, after the BOJ's seismic policy shift

    06 June 2024

    At a historic policy inflexion point in Japan - the Bank of Japan raising interest rates and relinquishing its long-held negative-rates stance - Man Group's Max Davies discusses interest rates, duration, FX hedging and CIOs' ongoing hunt for yield with David Walker

  • Japan's lifers widened positive investment spread 4% last reporting year

    06 June 2024

    Sector built on super-long JGB holdings to cut rates risk ahead of new rules

  • Insurers' private credit appetite grows, Moody's says

    05 June 2024

    Strong asset-liability management "essential" due to asset class's illiquidity

  • Insurance Asset Risk Asia audience upbeat about global growth prospects

    05 June 2024

    Chinese economy casts shadow on future growth prospects while CIOs keep focused on good ALM in light of regulatory and accounting overhaul

  • Comment: 'Saving democracy' may be the next ESG investment frontier for CIOs

    05 June 2024

    Underwriters are defending democratic values in words and deeds, will CIOs follow suit?

  • Conning upgrades outlook on US states' credit

    04 June 2024

    US insurers still find munis to be "high quality diversifier", manager tells IAR

  • German insurers reveal navigating "great difficulties" of property portfolios in 2023

    04 June 2024

    SFCRs also pointed to opportunities created by the ongoing real estate squeeze

  • AXA Leben investment income slumps 43% after transfer to AGER Leben

    03 June 2024

    AXA Leben pinpoints Deutsche Beamten Versicherung Leben as backbook spun off

  • Tokio Marine to foster climate-linked investment in developing world

    03 June 2024

    Japanese insurer to give private sector investors political risk guarantees