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Insurance Asset Risk's Responsible Investing for Insurers conference round up
16 October 2023The conference was held in London on 16 October and highlighted the challenges and dilemmas insurers face in building and implementing sustainable investment strategies
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IAR EMEA: Under the hood of ESG data
06 July 2022ESG data has become known as 'sustainable investing's main challenge', yet, while some insurance investors bemoan the lack of data, lack of quality of the available data, others say 'lets get on with it'. Abbie Wood reports
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Navigating the seas of illiquidity
29 May 2019Benjama Serra, senior vice president at Moody’s Investors Services, explains why illiquid investments in insurers’ portfolios are like brackish seawater, and why allocation to them is bound to increase. Interview by Vincent Huck
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CECL: US insurers getting to grips with accounting standard overhaul
09 May 2019Like IFRS 9, the US's current expected credit losses (CECL) accounting standard was devised to tackle expected credit losses in financial institution portfolios. The rules, however, appear harsh in relation to the insurance industry. By Sarfraz Thind
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How investment regulations affect insurers’ ratings – the agency’s perspective
04 April 2019Antonello Aquino, associate managing director for EMEA at Moody’s, speaks about the evolution of the regulatory framework for insurers in Europe, and considerations for their investments. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Ifrs 17 - accuracy over clarity
14 February 2019Colin Dutkiewicz, chair of the life board at the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries cuts through the complexity of accounting standard Ifrs 17, examining its potential impact on insurers' investment strategies and asset allocation, as well as on their overall operations. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Non-life sector turns to investing as underwriting falters
21 September 2018Analysis by Insurance Risk Data of combined ratios reveals reallocating is one of many 'levers' insurers can pull to bolster profits. David Walker reports
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Rendez-Vous de Septembre: Clouded optimism in uncertain times
19 September 2018The annual reinsurance meeting in Monte Carlo is a good barometer to measure the sector's health. This year, amid successfully managing last year's losses from natural disasters, reinsurers' indicators seem to be flashing 'green'. But uncertainty still looms like black clouds in the distance. Vincent Huck reports
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Insurers and asset managers: a relationship in turmoil
13 September 2018The relationship between insurers and their asset manager is evolving, shifted by macroeconomic changes, regulations, fee pressures and new asset dynamics. Insurers say they want more from their asset managers. But more of what precisely? And how are managers responding? IAR asks the industry. By Sarfraz Thind
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Volatilità spurs Italian insurers to review portfolios
04 September 2018Italy's underwriters long understood their sovereign debt was not riskless. This year's jolts only intensified their search for other investments, as David Walker reports