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Global insurers boosted junk bond exposure by 33% in 2020, IAIS finds
01 December 2021North America has the highest exposure - and the world's most generous life firms
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Climate impact on assets could cost 50% drop to insurers' solvency ratios
01 October 2021But IAIS says industry has enough capital to absorb these investments losses
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IAIS reiterates FSB's LIBOR transition timeline for insurers
01 July 2021Firms should already have fallback arrangements in place
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Insurers don't need another liquidity risk metric, Insurance Europe tells IAIS
15 February 2021IAIS proposing a holistic framework for systemic risk
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Insurers placing less emphasis on climate risk in investments
07 December 2020Climate risk underweighted in asset management versus underwriting, IAIS meeting participants say
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Supervisors should step up Libor transition work, IAIS warns
09 July 2020Considerable portion of financial institutions are yet to start transition, research finds
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Keep TCFD recommendations voluntary, says Insurance Europe
07 February 2020Lobby group responds to IAIS climate disclosure paper
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Climate change impacts asset value, UN study finds
09 August 2018Insurers increasingly ESG screen their investments, but even the value of their favoured asset is at risk
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'Bring it on': California commissioner bullish on fossil fuel divestment
14 July 2017Commissioner Dave Jones was threatened with legal action from 12 Republican attorney generals who oppose his fossil fuel investments disclosure initiative. The threats appear to have spurred Jones on, however. Callum Tanner reports
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IAIS flags concern over illiquid corporate bond markets
18 January 2016Supervisors urged to re-examine asset portfolios