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  • European insurers' ratings safe from EIOPA fossil surcharges, Fitch says

    21 November 2024

    Agency predicts proposed increase in capital requirements would affect firms' Solvency II ratios by less than 100bps

  • Hanwha Life gets US financial sector foothold with acquisition

    21 November 2024

    Lifer takes 75% stake in the parent of Velocity Clearing

  • Comment: 'Why not give us more money?' How stock analysts piled pressure on Sompo at 1H results

    21 November 2024

    CFO Masahiro Hamada politely answered one underlying question from analysts yesterday

  • Tokio Marine steps up strategic equity sell-down plans

    20 November 2024

    Group has made JPY 606bn worth of sales already, in half-year to September

  • Sompo doubles the pace of strategic share sales in H1

    20 November 2024

    CFO vows not to decelerate further offloads, and doubles full-year target to JPY 400bn

  • Investments blow tailwinds in three MS&AD units, in 1H results

    20 November 2024

    Bond-value recoveries, equity sell-downs and better results benefit non-life, life and foreign divisions

  • From GA investments to presidential elections, forces that blow gusts can really pack a punch

    18 November 2024

    Hurricane Helene blows holes in Florida's general account - while Florida's 'air-con revolution' might just have fanned Donald Trump's win

  • Chart of the Week - Japan's largest groups reveal GA changes after strategic equity sales

    15 November 2024

    All Japan's large non-life insurers are eliminating their long-term cross-holdings in other companies

  • Republican Congress mixed blessing for insurers, Conning says

    14 November 2024

    Sector might benefit from timely action on taxes, AI regulation and energy policy, Conning's global chief investment strategist tells Insurance Asset Risk

  • What does Trump's barnstorming victory mean for insurers?

    13 November 2024

    CIOs Insurance Asset Risk spoke to in the run up to the election were right on the money when it came to predicting a Trump victory, but how can insurers and their asset managers prepare for his second stint at the White House?