Archive

  • Profitability of investment portfolio highest risk for insurers, EIOPA reveals

    30 July 2020

    Home bias in investments exposes insurers to domestic economic deterioration and rating downgrades

  • COVID-19 hasn't chased away Brexit threats for the UK, Moody's warns

    24 July 2020

    UK faces important credit challenges pre-dating the coronavirus outbreak

  • Insurers risk losing half the value of bond cashflows by 2030, Eiopa reveals

    20 July 2020

    Authority is resigned to prolonged low interest rate environment

  • EU's CMU consultation puts equity capital charge under the spotlight again

    06 July 2020

    Insurance Europe again calls for review of equity charge reviving the debate over the Solvency II equity treatment and potentially setting a collision course with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority. Vincent Huck reports

  • Singapore sets expectations of insurance investors tackling climate change

    26 June 2020

    Regulator's consultation follows similar exercise by Eiopa

  • EIOPA calls for non-financial information to be audited

    16 June 2020

    European watchdog said verification requirements would improve reliability and comparability of ESG data

  • Eiopa tells CIOs: return to your seats and fasten your seat belts

    19 May 2020

    Market risk warning turned to red in authority's latest assessment

  • COVID-19 will spur sustainability work at EU level

    01 May 2020

    Invesco head of public policy says, as Solvency II 2020 review delayed

  • Suspension of dividend payments, more firepower for the investment teams?

    09 April 2020

    As some insurers follow suit on regulators' urge not to pay dividends and others refuse to comply, Vincent Huck looks at whether dividend retention could result in more ammunition for the investment teams to invest in markets

  • Unit-linked products produced no return over 2014-18, Eiopa reports

    07 April 2020

    Pan-European review finds superior performance in profit participation products