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European insurers to benefit from higher gov defence spending and higher bond yields, Fitch says
17 March 2025While also warning of mass lapse risk and limited impact on Solvency II positions
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Private credit not systemic risk, Fitch says, but needs close monitoring
13 February 2025As insurers continue to increase allocations to private asset classes
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UK insurers will struggle to meet government's investment hopes for UK PLC, CreditSights says
23 January 2025In addition to risk of becoming a proxy for investors to short UK sovereigns
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Moody's downgrade of France, the more things change the more they stay the same
18 December 2024Insurers and their asset managers react to the ramifications of the rating change going forward
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Nippon Life can manage risks of funded re after Resolution M&A, S&P Global Ratings predicts
16 December 2024But ratings agency expects parties to deal to watch regulatory developments closely
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European insurers resilient to rates in 2025, Fitch says
04 December 2024Lifers to benefit from higher reinvestment yields due to long portfolio duration
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European insurers' ratings safe from EIOPA fossil surcharges, Fitch says
21 November 2024Agency predicts proposed increase in capital requirements would affect firms' Solvency II ratios by less than 100bps
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German lifers' ratings unaffected by TMTP recalculations, Fitch says
08 November 2024But warns declining bond yields could put some life insurers' capital under pressure again
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US lifers prepared for lower rates environment, Fitch says
01 November 2024Fixed income and CRE to benefit, despite offices being under "immense pressure" and predicting losses in the subclass to increase
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Fitch singles out CNP Assurances for outlook downgrade to 'Negative'
24 October 2024France's downgrade impacts CNP and parent company La Banque Postale, ratings agency says