Archive

  • Insurers risk "huge" losses on stranded assets, Carney says

    30 September 2015

    Heightened capital requirements for high-carbon investments ruled out

  • Eiopa finalises plan to slash SII infrastructure debt charges

    29 September 2015

    European Commission advised to establish new asset class

  • Insurers face up to the asset test of Solvency II

    23 September 2015

    As solvency ratios come under pressure and the introduction of Solvency II with its higher capital charges for some asset classes looms, insurers are taking a hard look at the risk in their asset portfolios, as Sarfraz Thind explains

  • Draft plans to cut infra Solvency II charges "not sufficient"

    10 August 2015

    Trade body Insurance Europe responds to Eiopa's consultation

  • German re/insurers' units buy into motorway firm

    04 August 2015

    Allianz CP and MEAG in consortium buying Autobahn Tank & Rast

  • German insurers are big winners from infra charges cut

    14 July 2015

    German firms are likely to benefit most from Eiopa's tentative proposals to reduce the Solvency II capital charges on infrastructure investment, which fell short of the hopes of the industry overall. The changes in the standard formula calibrations may also have implications for users of internal models, as Hugo Coelho reports

  • Eiopa cuts Solvency II infrastructure charges

    03 July 2015

    Investment-grade projects to qualify for spread risk adjustment

  • Investing £25bn in infrastructure not so easy for UK insurers

    29 June 2015

    Increased competition, compressed spreads on debt, construction risk and regulatory charges are just some of the factors that have helped to crimp progress on an ambitious programme of infrastructure investment that six UK insurers committed to in 2013. Mark Nicholls explains

  • LV= spices up traditional investments with commercial mortgages

    11 June 2015

    The vast bulk of LV='s assets are managed externally and produce solid returns but, as it looks for extra yield, the UK's largest friendly society is building up its commercial mortgage investments. Mike Leonard, investment solutions manager, talks to IAR

  • Bernardino hints at features of capital-light infrastructure investments

    03 June 2015

    Proposal to relax capital treatment under Solvency II due in early July