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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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Baloise Germany appoints interim head of investments
13 September 2023After Julia Wiens departure to BaFin where she'll replace Frank Grund
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Chart of the week - Are insurers a worthwhile investment?
04 August 2023Insurers themselves seem to think 'largely not', as relative stock performance proves variable
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BaFin warns insurers about use of Spezialfonds and private credit and PE
09 May 2023Relying solely on asset managers' reports is not enough, regulator cautions
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Chart of the Week - The MA's £482bn 'capital gift' to UK lifers (and their CIOs)
21 April 2023UK infrastructure, gilts and credit on the GA menu for most lifers' MA portfolios
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Comment - Russian CIOs confront their own 2032 'transitional measure'
22 February 2023Bank of Russia's GA write-down warnings put Frank Grund's words in Germany in the pale
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Chart of the Week - Central bankers raise rates, hopes and ratios among Europe's insurers
02 September 2022At last, an insurer's stress test for rising interest rates actually 'means something'
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German politicians vow to press insurers' investment causes in Solvency II review
06 December 2021Allianz warns on near-term visibility of sustainable investments
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When actuarial science gets political
10 June 2021German insurers warn EU policy makers not to try and fix what is not broken in Solvency II, they also advise against politicising the rules which would lead to a skewed version of risk. David Walker reports
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COMMENT: The rumble in the Solvency II jungle
14 May 2021BaFin and the European Commission go 'head to head', very politely