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COTW - Round the World with SFCRs - Benelux insurers praise outsourcing partners
05 July 2024As Benelux CIOs generally got better news in 2023 and 2022, back-slapping for mandate managers seemed the order of the day
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German insurers had about two-thirds of basic capital requirement in market risk in 2023
13 June 2024New analysis examined solvency data of 178 German firms on standard formula
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Frankfurter Leben reveals further dive into private markets in 2023
13 June 2024Private and real estate debt, as well as infrastructure equity, got additional injections from consolidator last year
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Round the World with SFCRs - German insurers welcome interest rates tailwinds, but explore alts 'just in case'
07 June 2024Fixed income and equities performance in 2023 wiped out write-downs many German insurers made in 2022
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AXA Leben investment income slumps 43% after transfer to AGER Leben
03 June 2024AXA Leben pinpoints Deutsche Beamten Versicherung Leben as backbook spun off
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Frank Grund switches from supervising German insurers, to rating them
22 May 2024Former BaFin insurance supervisor has joined Assekuranz committee
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Comment - What future for PE-backed life book consolidators as AXA and Athora ditch transfer plans?
07 May 2024Ending it was consensual, but BaFin was surely in the deal-partners' thoughts
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SFCRs shine light on German legacy life books, and investments, of Zurich and AXA
16 April 2024Groups have planned, with mixed success, to sell the back-books to consolidators Viridium and Athora, respectively
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Chart of the Week - How hiccups emerged in property risk-taking in Swiss Life's business
29 March 2024Swiss Life's recent annual results showed how problematic property investments can be for insurers these days
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Chart of the Week - How IMAs could spell out the future of PE ownership of insurers
23 February 2024Fee rates, and other T&Cs in the IMAs of PE houses and the consolidators they own, may attract (unwanted) regulatory attention