Archive

  • Less than 40% of EEA insurers invest in real estate equity

    28 December 2020

    French, German and UK insurers account for 67% of the industry's combined holdings

  • Chart: Transitional measures impact on SCR

    25 December 2020

    UK and Germany record the highest number of non-complying firms

  • Just 12 French insurers account for 20% of European insurers' total investments

    24 December 2020

    Research by Insurance Asset Risk uncovers the 50 biggest insurance investors in Europe

  • Moody's expects 3 to 5 percentage point deterioration in insurers' solvency ratio in 2021

    10 December 2020

    Outlook for the industry is negative due to ultra low interest rates and credit risk

  • ZZR cuts required yield at German life firms by one-third

    01 December 2020

    But industry body head says it's the correct mechanism to counter low interest rates

  • Europe's general account regains all lost ground in Q2

    09 November 2020

    EEA insurers had €7.9trn of GA investments by June

  • Fitch downgrades Volkswohl Bund Leben on reinvestment yield

    03 November 2020

    Moody's hangs negative outlook on German life sector

  • Solvency II in review

    30 October 2020

    Panellists discussed the changes they would like to see implemented on the back of the review

  • When size matters - how general account volume affects CIOs' investment patterns

    30 October 2020

    New investment research segments Europe's insurers by the size of their general accounts

  • German insurer concedes core holdings 'no longer up to the job' with low rates

    29 October 2020

    Outsourcing report explains the Neue Bayerische Beamten's shift into alternatives