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APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon
05 November 2024A trend gaining quite some traction is overseas expansion, among both general and life insurers as buyers, from Japan, involving a fairly widely-spread mix of targets
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APAC Weekly - Climate change will demand steely nerves, and broad shoulders, of region's CIOs
29 October 2024Property insurers may have to rely on GAs to do heavy lifting, if CUOs 'drop the ball'
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APAC Weekly - Forking paths for insurers in APAC's powerhouses: China and Hong Kong
01 October 2024S&P Global Ratings sees a resurgent Hong Kong, but a struggling Mainland China
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Reinsurers prepared for interest rate cuts, ratings agencies say
10 September 2024Sector outlook positive
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Strategic stake sell-downs "positive" for credit profile of Japan's major non-lifers
30 July 2024S&P Global Ratings expects the proceeds to be major profit driver for sellers this year
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APAC weekly - The mixed prognosis for APAC insurers, private credit and outsourcing
09 July 2024It seems patience will be a virtue, for asset managers wanting private credit mandates from APAC insurers
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S&P affirms "stable" outlook for Baloise
12 June 2024After applying revised criteria
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Solvency II reform to give European insurers unexpected capital relief boost, S&P says
11 June 2024Amounting to €80bn of total capital relief, or 25 ppts
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S&P welcomes increased scrutiny of funded reinsurance from PRA and BMA
06 June 2024Warning recapture of ceded exposures could push some BPA writers into negative solvency ratios
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Solvency UK's MA reform "not likely a game changer", S&P says
07 May 2024Insurers unlikely to take inclusion of highly predictable cash flows to the extreme