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Chart of the Week - As a €21bn deal is scuppered by BaFin, have PE owners run out of road for life book sales?
02 February 2024German regulator's refusal to Zurich and Viridium seems bad news for insurers owned by PE
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Zurich appoints Claudia Cordioli as group CFO
15 December 2023Cordioli takes over from George Quinn from 1 March 2024
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Inflation and rates volatility biggest challenge for insurers' revenue growth
14 November 2023WTW poll finds 25% of insurers consider inflation and interest rate volatility their biggest 2024 concerns
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Chart of the week - how Italian lifers use GAs for lapse risk
19 May 2023Italian SFCRs explain their liquidity planning, and its various methods, to meet a startling leap in lapse risk
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"Don't bet interest rates will stay high forever", Zurich CFO warns
17 May 2023Zurich has inked $1.8bn reinsurance deal with Resolution for US life policies, as part of investment pivot
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Viridium adds €21bn assets in Zurich German life book deal
24 June 2022Zurich will add 8 points to its Swiss Solvency Test ratio
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Zurich still happy with alternatives despite weaker 1H returns
13 August 2020Hedge funds still made money to June, CFO Quinn tells Insurance Asset Risk
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Zurich's diversification is its biggest asset
14 May 2020CEO Mario Greco highlights insurers' conservative portfolio mix
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Zurich reports rising investment income for Q3
10 November 2016Thanks to inflation/FX benefit
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Diversification and caution characterise insurers' 2014 asset strategies
05 March 2014Another year of weak yields from bonds is prompting some insurers to continue diversifying their investment portfolios. But with predictions of weaker equity markets and continuing low interest rates, others are battening down the hatches. Jamie Bullen and Christopher Cundy report