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Comment - Time for Europe's lifers to 'talk tough' with their governments?
04 May 2023Knowlingly or not, some of Europe's governments now have sovereigns able to compete with life policy promises
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CBIRC pulls industry up on sometimes "weak" investment look-through
24 April 2023Non-standard asset transparency sometimes lacking, warns Chinese regulator
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US insurers reduced fixed income ETFs by $1bn last year
30 March 2023Risk off environment sees insurers pull money from high yield ETF holdings
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Fitch Ratings gives US insurers "neutral" outlook amid bank failures
16 March 2023Exposure to Silicon Valley Bank modest but other challenges remain
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Springing back to life - JGB yields help Japan's CIOs repatriate GAs
01 March 2023It's been an awfully long time coming, but yields on long-dated JGBs are becoming genuinely attractive to many Japanese CIOs - maybe for the first time in their careers, David Walker reports
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Fitch spells out reasons for C-Ross Phase II solvency falls
08 February 2023Ratings agency says investment charges hurt lifers, while insurance charges played role for non-lifers
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Full-scale GA change not expected this year South Korea new regulatory regime
08 February 2023Fitch expects "adjustments" at some South Korean insurers in May/June reporting
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JGB yields rising a "probable game change" for Japan's lifers, Fitch says
08 February 2023Sector is already selling off US treasuries
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Fitch questions appetite for green bonds among Chinese lifers
08 December 2022Asset/liability mismatch could stymy take-up despite capital discount under C-Ross Phase II
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German non-lifer's investment income will not outweigh inflationary pressure, Fitch says
06 December 2022Though increase in yields and equity investment losses will cancel each other out