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Comment: the 'Brexit elephant' in the room for the Solvency II review
23 June 2021The EU and the UK are busily looking closely at their insurance regulations, but will they see eye to eye on competitiveness?
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The real deal - Europe's insurers primed for G7 infrastructure plan
14 June 2021Leaders of the 'G7' economies announced the 'Build Back Better World' global infrastructure programme, a 'step-change' in their approach to 'mobilise private-sector capital' for the asset class as never before. Europe's insurers stand ready to help, David Walker reports.
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Covéa agrees not to vote against Scor ballots as part of peace deal
11 June 2021French mutual insurer holds 8.4% of reinsurer's shares
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EM infrastructure debt is good - but reg's nuts and bolts need more work
19 May 2021Insurers can't get enough of infrastructure, for both duration and yield. But make it tradeable, standardise its terms and improve creditor rights, and the purse strings would really come loose, as David Walker finds out.
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An alternative for the trials of life in Germany
12 May 2021From infrastructure with low capital charges to multi-credit funds and private equity, German life firms' latest solvency reports reveal chief investment officers want to allocate more to alternatives. David Walker reports
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EM sovereigns at greater risk to physical impacts of climate change
10 May 2021Moody's analysis poses $44bn problem for Europe's insurers
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'Scrutinise but let us get on with the job,' UK regulators tell politicians
27 April 2021UK Treasury committee hear witnesses on future of financial services post-Brexit
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Eiopa puts hybrid products under cost microscope
13 April 2021Examination includes Europe's €2.9trn unit-linked market
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Bermudian regulator to enhance oversight of risky assets
23 March 2021BMA says greater oversight needed as insurers branch into new assets to combat low yields
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Investment threats key to Asian life firms' futures
08 March 2021S&P Global Ratings says underwriting dangers are secondary in most APAC countries