Archive

  • Chart of the Week - IVASS spells out the lay of the land in lifers' GAs, as lapse risk came to Italy

    31 January 2025

    Researchers at the regulator analysed portfolio positioning and likely gains/losses to meet surrenders, in 2023

  • Italians regard life policies as investment products more than for demographic risk

    27 January 2025

    IVASS published research on reasons behind policy lapses in 2023

  • Chart of the Week: Why Rome should relax its 5% cap on loans and mortgage exposures for insurers

    15 March 2024

    Researcher Agostino Tripodi finds some sub-optimal GA allocation going on, in shadow of local-law limits on L&M holdings