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Chart of the Week - Europe's Largest Insurers
10 June 2022General accounts fell while unit-linked assets rose, at Europe's largest groups in 2021
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Comment - So, make your mind up, are you an insurer, or an investor?
03 June 2022Europe's insurers are now 79% investors, according to Solvency II data at least
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Aviva remains the UK's most complex insurer despite Blanc's drive for simplification
30 May 2022More than 450 funds sit within group's SFCR reporting scope
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Lifers could be hit hardest by climate change, Bank of England stress tests find
24 May 2022Bank of England climate stress test finds insurers could see a 15% asset value drop without action on climate change
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Expect breaches of solvency in Bank of England climate stress tests, Fitch warns
24 May 2022Matching adjustment users risk ratio reductions if property for ERMs devalues
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"Much work" still to do on UK Solvency II reform, warns Amanda Blanc
18 May 2022Aviva says "material issues" remain in improving MA
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The tumultuous energy transition
16 May 2022Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy is a transition filled with tumult as investors are mired in questions of renewable capabilities and 'just transitions', the audience at Insurance Asset Risk Real Asset 2022 conference hears. Abbie Wood reports
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Winds of war prove further tailwinds for Generali Global Infrastructure
09 May 2022The task Generali set itself to help 'rebuild Europe' after COVID-19, focused mainly on infrastructure, has arguably taken on extra importance - and opportunity - David Walker discovers
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A match, a spark! - the MA ignites UK lifers' investment appetites
02 May 2022The MA has given UK lifers about £400bn of capital benefit since 2016 - and more fruitful use of it to invest in the real economy could yet come, if HM Treasury's proposals are enacted. David Walker investigates
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Chart of the Week - UK lifers' MA benefit revealed
29 April 2022EIOPA's MA is a £400bn capital gift to UK life insurers