Archive

  • Majority of Generali's SCR comes from investment risks

    18 March 2016

    Insurer risk-weights sovereign bonds in internal model

  • Solvency II equity dampener hits the floor

    10 March 2016

    Back to level recorded at the height of the Eurozone crisis

  • Italian insurers would be worst hit by end of 0% capital charge for sovereign debt

    24 November 2015

    Fitch gauges impact of potential changes to Solvency II standard formula

  • Eiopa seeks evidence on infrastructure corporates

    19 November 2015

    Treatment under SII to be examined

  • Hardie cautiously re-risks Direct Line's portfolio

    08 October 2015

    Direct Line's investment boss Jim Hardie has been steering the UK general insurer's investment portfolio into more dynamic areas. But he is at pains to stress his conservative approach. By Sarfraz Thind

  • Commission orders cut to Solvency II charges on infrastructure and ABS

    01 October 2015

    Capital treatment of private equity up for review

  • Infrastructure will remain relatively small proportion of insurers' assets

    01 October 2015

    Firms need to build expertise in this area, says Fitch

  • Infrastructure charges still too high, industry says

    01 October 2015

    Insurance Europe says barriers to investment remain

  • Eiopa finalises plan to slash SII infrastructure debt charges

    29 September 2015

    European Commission advised to establish new asset class

  • SME insurers may step up infrastructure investments

    26 August 2015

    Eiopa proposals spur their interest, says Scope Ratings