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European insurers' foray into Asian real estate
17 December 2019David Walker explores the opportunities and challenges for insurers investing in real estate in the Far East.
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Sustainability: to regulate or not regulate?
05 December 2019Financial regulation has a role to play in tackling climate change, but it cannot be a silver bullet. So the time has come for policymakers to step up their game, delegates at the Insurance and Climate Risk conference heard. Vincent Huck reports
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Widening spreads on Italian govvies – curse or opportunity?
28 November 2019Volatilità was one of the hot topics of 2018, and while widening Italian government bond spreads stressed insurers solvency ratios, was there an investment opportunity to be made? Vincent Huck reports
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Related holdings dominate German reinsurers' investments
25 November 2019BaFin finds holdings three times as large as reinsurers' combined credit and debt investments
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Finding the holy grail
21 November 2019With low interest rates impacting solvency ratios, insurers are looking for the holy grail of high yielding assets which do not require higher capital charges. Vincent Huck reports
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SII review will be "evolution rather than revolution", Bernardino says
19 November 2019Eiopa chairman shares his thoughts on the future of the industry
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IMF calls on French regulator to monitor liquidity risk
01 November 2019Heightened liquidity risk of life insurance products means that liquidity needs to be addressed explicitly, international institution warns
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Solvency II equity capital charges "absurd", French MoF says
29 October 2019Profile of liabilities backed by equities vital in capital charge decision, Eiopa chairman replies
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Solvency II treatment of interest rate risk is wrong, Eiopa’s Bernardino says
28 October 2019Europe should be proud of its regulatory regime, European watchdog says at French industry event
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French regulator reveals priorities under Solvency II review
28 October 2019Governor François Villeroy de Galhau also tells insurers to reduce rates to policyholders and to diversify