Archive

  • Frank Grund switches from supervising German insurers, to rating them

    22 May 2024

    Former BaFin insurance supervisor has joined Assekuranz committee

  • Baloise Germany appoints interim head of investments

    13 September 2023

    After Julia Wiens departure to BaFin where she'll replace Frank Grund

  • Chart of the week - Are insurers a worthwhile investment?

    04 August 2023

    Insurers themselves seem to think 'largely not', as relative stock performance proves variable

  • BaFin warns insurers about use of Spezialfonds and private credit and PE

    09 May 2023

    Relying solely on asset managers' reports is not enough, regulator cautions

  • Chart of the Week - The MA's £482bn 'capital gift' to UK lifers (and their CIOs)

    21 April 2023

    UK infrastructure, gilts and credit on the GA menu for most lifers' MA portfolios

  • Comment - Russian CIOs confront their own 2032 'transitional measure'

    22 February 2023

    Bank of Russia's GA write-down warnings put Frank Grund's words in Germany in the pale

  • Chart of the Week - Central bankers raise rates, hopes and ratios among Europe's insurers

    02 September 2022

    At last, an insurer's stress test for rising interest rates actually 'means something'

  • German politicians vow to press insurers' investment causes in Solvency II review

    06 December 2021

    Allianz warns on near-term visibility of sustainable investments

  • When actuarial science gets political

    10 June 2021

    German 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

  • COMMENT: The rumble in the Solvency II jungle

    14 May 2021

    BaFin and the European Commission go 'head to head', very politely