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Foreign-owned and larger firms best placed for early HK RBC adoption
10 January 2022Regulator has invited applications to begin RBC early
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Investors to benefit as Asia ILS market comes to life
10 January 2022Investing in insurance-linked securities (ILS) was once about natural catastrophe risk, but in Asia, practitioners expect far greater diversity in life/non-life risks being packaged, with help from insurers and regulators alike, they tell David Walker
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Varma appoints head of private investments
07 January 2022After 25 years in the role Mikko Koivusalo will be succeeded by Markus Aho
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Alternative fixed income for insurance investors
In recent years alternative fixed income assets such as loans, infrastructure financing and private debt have become increasingly popular with professional investors.
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Chart of the week - EM funding shortfalls for required climate investments, 2016-2030
07 January 2022Emerging markets are going to need insurers, and badly, to meet their climate investment requirements
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The UK's SII reform could free up £20bn of investments for PIC
06 January 2022The insurer says it gives up as much as it invests because of current MA constraints
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M&G Real Estate invests £69m in senior living sector
06 January 2022First investment in sector
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US insurers will not benefit from inflation uptick this time round
06 January 2022Weaker inflation-rate correlation means no help for industry from rising inflation marks
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C-ROSS Phase II will see declines in Chinese solvency ratios
06 January 2022But rating agencies say regime will improve the quality of capital and risk measurement
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Hong Kong regulator introduces hybrid product to close HK$6.9trn 'mortality gap'
06 January 2022Protection-linked plans hoped to serve customers and lifers alike