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• French lifers defended unit-linked volumes despite €13.5bn lapses in 2023

  16 October 2024

  Antaruis was only lifer facing unit-linked surrenders exceeding GWP

• Bolting for the door - could 'mass lapse' risk trigger 'mass bond sales' at French lifers?

  04 May 2023

  Better interest rates mean better investment options than life policies. As France's exposed lifers watch on, some count up their liquid assets, some count on customer loyalty - but will all ultimately count on CIOs, to sell off GAs? David Walker reports

• French lifers emphasise GA asset liquidity in fight against lapse risk

  21 April 2023

  Moody's report yesterday highlighted French insurer vulnerability to lapse risk as interest rates rise