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Bolting for the door - could 'mass lapse' risk trigger 'mass bond sales' at French lifers?
04 May 2023Better interest rates mean better investment options than life policies. As France's exposed lifers watch on, some count up their liquid assets, some count on customer loyalty - but will all ultimately count on CIOs, to sell off GAs? David Walker reports
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European lifers' liquidity risk manageable as surrender rates rise
04 May 2023Fitch says sources of liquid funds and good ALM will protect sector
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Large insurance groups' solvency budged only mildly, if spreads worsen
26 April 2023Analysis by IRD backs Moody's findings on major groups' strong ratios
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Half of European insurers' investments are rated Baa or worse, Moody's estimates
26 April 2023But AT1 debt under 1% of rated underwriters' financial bond holdings
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China industry practitioners praise CBIRC as dissolution flagged
10 March 2023New set up suggests a more centralized regulatory mechanism
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Jefferies urges AXA to sell German life back-book
12 July 2022Bank praises Thomas Buberl for pivoting business model from asset risks
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Allianz cuts average life promise by one-third since 2011
11 July 2022Moody's raised outlook for group and various undertakings
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Europe's life CIOs to trim risk-taking, predicts S&P Global Ratings
04 July 2022Yields on mainstream classes now enough to satisfy some guarantees
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South Korean insurers given capital relief in bumpy investment markets
13 June 2022Paper bond losses as interest rates rise trigger solvency re-think by regulator
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Closing comment - C-Ross Phase II takes flight
10 May 2022China's insurers and regulators gear up for take-off under the country's revised regulations