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Market risk outweighs health underwriting risk for Japanese industry
09 March 2020As Asian markets tank, Fitch outlines the dangers by asset class
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Debeka highlights client demand for sustainable products in 2020 plans
04 March 2020German's plans follow in footsteps of rivals Concordia and Gothaer
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Markets test boundaries of insurers' modelled risk scenarios
03 March 2020Some insurers' 2019 equities stress tests mirrored today's COVID-19-inspired falls
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German life insurers boost mortgage loans by 15% in 2019
27 February 2020GDV reports property exposures equate to roughly 11% of life firms' general account
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No hunt for yield Down Under
26 February 2020While Europe's underwriters are beset by the plague of low yields - epitomised by Swiss debt where yields on maturities out to 50 years are now uniformly negative - the picture is much more mixed in Australia. David Walker reports
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Eiopa reveals extent of insurers buying negative yielding bonds
21 February 2020EU's insurance watchdog urges regulators to act on low interest rate risk
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Equities and bonds help Swiss Re 2019 investments return jump to 4.8%
20 February 2020Insurer to stop investing in and underwriting most polluting gas companies by 2023
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Generali gets go-ahead for multi-asset manager ThreeSixty Investments
19 February 2020But growth in rival Italian insurers' appetite for asset allocation funds cools
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Embattled Japan Post Insurance finds silver lining to sales-ban cloud
17 February 2020Improving investments help insurer upgrade full-year guidance on income and ordinary profit
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QBE's fixed income lifts investment yield beyond 4% in 2019
17 February 2020US dollar positions grow as underlying US dollar-denominated premiums increase, too