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  • COVID-19 shock is reality check for SII framework, Cattolica's CIO says

    05 June 2020

    Massimo di Tria's comments after local regulator ordered insurer to increase capital by €500m

  • Webinar Q&A: The evolution of the GA

    04 June 2020

    Insurance Asset Risk and FactSet held a webinar on 21 May on considerations for insurers investing amid the current market volatility and on how COVID-19 might create a 'new normal' for insurers' strategic asset allocation. Panellists tackle the questions left unanswered on the day due to time constraints, after the initial discussion. Compiled by Vincent Huck

  • Widening spreads on Italian govvies – curse or opportunity?

    28 November 2019

    Volatilità was one of the hot topics of 2018, and while widening Italian government bond spreads stressed insurers solvency ratios, was there an investment opportunity to be made? Vincent Huck reports

  • IAR Americas: CIOs and CROs coyer than EU counterparts on climate-risk responsibilities

    23 October 2019

    Potentially betraying the US lateness in tackling the issue

  • IAR Americas: US insurers double as interested as Europeans in TAA

    20 September 2019

    52% of US audience say tactical asset allocation is important versus 27% of EMEA audience

  • IAR EMEA conference: questions from the audience

    13 August 2019

    The audience for the chief investment officer panel at Insurance Asset Risk’s European conference asked a lot of questions that couldn’t be answered in the time available. Vincent Huck caught up with Massimo Di Tria, CIO at Cattolica Assicurazioni, to get his responses.

  • IAR’s European conference: CIOs' outlook

    23 July 2019

    At Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference, three CIOs of European insurers gave their outlook on the current environment. In the third of a three-part series, they discuss considerations in the late stage of the cycle. Compiled by Vincent Huck

  • IAR’s European conference: the CIO’s take on MA and capital models

    16 July 2019

    At Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference, three chief investment officers (CIOs) of European insurance companies gave their outlook on the current environment. In the second of a three-part series, they discuss the matching adjustment rules and their take on capital modelling. Compiled by Vincent Huck

  • IAR’s European conference: CIO, an evolving job

    11 July 2019

    At the Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference three chief investment officers of European insurance companies gave their outlook on the current environment. In the first of a three-part series, they discuss the evolving nature of their jobs. Compiled by Vincent Huck

  • IAR conference speakers call for easing of MA restrictions

    08 July 2019

    Insurers want reduced bureaucracy and greater access to the MA across Europe