Archive

  • Fitch Ratings warns of Chinese life insurers risky holdings

    23 June 2021

    Upcoming C-ROSS update to make insurers more cautious in investment decisions

  • Alternative asset manager-insurer tie-ups to grow

    04 June 2021

    Mergers offer insurers better alternative asset access but can also increase risk, says Fitch

  • Korean insurers coming back home

    25 May 2021

    As yield from domestic sovereign bonds rises

  • UK life insurers' SII SCR ratios wavered but remained strong in 2020

    15 April 2021

    Risks remain over potential downgrades and defaults in credit portfolios

  • Allianz Leben reveals equity fund losses, write-downs - and an improved 2020 investment result

    13 April 2021

    Germany's largest life unit achieved 4.1% net yield

  • COVID and natcats will spur ESG in Asia, analysts predict

    31 March 2021

    DWS says regulators and central banks also increasingly important catalysts

  • German lifers at the mercy of interest rates falling lower, Fitch Ratings warns

    02 February 2021

    Little room for restructuring the portfolios left if rates were to fall further

  • Korean insurers to be impacted by ESG disclosure requirements

    26 January 2021

    Companies with over KRW 2trn ($1.8bn) in assets to disclose ESG reports by 2025

  • Asia - how to keep calm in a storm

    13 January 2021

    Asian insurers were the first to suffer from COVID-19, including in their general account investments, but industry practitioners and analysts see a robust industry navigating seemingly endless low rates. David Walker reports

  • Quarter of insurers have risk of rating downgrade in 2021, Fitch says

    07 January 2021

    Main reasons for worsening outlook are low interest rates and investment write-downs