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Insurers and investment risk - the rating agency’s perspective
28 March 2019Antonello Aquino, associate managing director for EMEA at Moody’s, discusses why insurers are becoming more and more like asset managers, and the current trend towards riskier assets. Interview by Vincent Huck
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US insurers attraction for CLOs
31 January 2019Collateralised loan obligations have been rapidly growing in US insurer portfolios as they cast off the shadow of the financial crisis. But, with a predicted downturn on the horizon, are they safe? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Growth of green bond issuance to accelerate in 2019, Moody’s says
31 January 2019Bonds linked to UN SDGs are also expected to be in greater demand
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China Life to buy into equities and alternatives, Moody's expects
13 December 2018Domestic economy will be boosted by its largest life firm's investments
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Foreign bond buying boosts profits at Japan life firms
03 December 2018But Moody's warns of credit and FX risk
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Spiking default threat for US life insurers, says Moody’s
16 November 2018Insurers who have stretched for yield without appropriate care will be found out
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PRO BTP Group picks Moody’s Analytics modelling technology
05 October 2018Tool will be used for asset allocation
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Finding a role for insurance asset managers in a sustainable financial system
24 September 2018New report by the Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability project calls on all actors in the financial system to move as one on sustainability issues. Vincent Huck reports
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Rendez-Vous de Septembre: Clouded optimism in uncertain times
19 September 2018The annual reinsurance meeting in Monte Carlo is a good barometer to measure the sector's health. This year, amid successfully managing last year's losses from natural disasters, reinsurers' indicators seem to be flashing 'green'. But uncertainty still looms like black clouds in the distance. Vincent Huck reports
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Volatilità spurs Italian insurers to review portfolios
04 September 2018Italy's underwriters long understood their sovereign debt was not riskless. This year's jolts only intensified their search for other investments, as David Walker reports