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Chart of the week - Are insurers a worthwhile investment?
04 August 2023Insurers themselves seem to think 'largely not', as relative stock performance proves variable
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Achmea acknowledges inflation "cratered" bond markets in 2022
02 August 2023Equities and fixed income pain was felt across Dutch group
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French units go 'lite' on solvency reporting in truncated reports
02 August 2023SFCRs are already not all uniform in their length or format, Insurance Risk Data finds
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German affiliated managers push further into real assets
31 July 2023Munich Re and Signal Iduna managers announce deals and recruitment
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Chart of the Week - Breakdown of market risk SCR of AEMA group subsidiaries, 2022 (%)
28 July 2023A 'group market risk SCR' can mask very divergent risk-taking at subsidiaries
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Chart of the Week - SFCRs as EIOPA's answer to the 'Barbenheimer dilemma'
21 July 2023SFCRs will tell you if market crashes hurt insurers' solvency more than pandemics - but not whether to watch Robert Oppenheimer or Margot Robbie...
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Brussels' Solvency II reform hits German life firm's solvency only 60% as hard as Putin's war, SFCR finds
20 July 2023IDEAL Leben stress-tests Solvency II reform, Vladimir Putin's bellicosity, property values and climate change
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Yield protection and inflation hedging, an Asian insurance investing game
20 July 2023Clarence Wong, chief economist of Peak Re, discusses the economic outlook for Asian insurers and implications for their SAA. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Comment - Brussels sprouts green proposals for Solvency II reform
19 July 2023Brussels vote bets almost all chips on 'green' - and implies insurers should do the same
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Solvency II sustainability amendments "a missed opportunity", campaigners say
19 July 2023According to advocacy groups, despite new requirements around transition planning