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Insurance Risk Data publishes 200-page Europe & Bermuda outsourcing report
17 September 2019Details provided for 1,100 investment mandates
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Longer-term products push Chinese life firms into more property, alternatives
16 September 2019Fitch expects Hong Kong-listed companies to want more strategic equities, too
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How Europe's insurers are falling out of love with their governments
16 September 2019Local sovereigns often took biggest culls from general accounts in 2018, Eiopa data shows
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Eiopa reveals 12.9% of insurers’ investments exposed to climate risk
13 September 2019EU financial regulators publish report on risk and vulnerability in EU financial system
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Investment returns of median insurer fail to cover guarantees
12 September 2019Eiopa reveals a 1.4% shortfall
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BlackRock takes top prize in insurance mandates, Insurance Risk Data reveals
11 September 2019BlackRock, Neam, Conning and Goldman Sachs are underwriters’ ‘favourites’ by the number of mandates awarded
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European insurers fall short on FX scenario testing
05 September 2019Less than one-quarter of Europe’s largest firms publish results of currency stress testing, according to research by Insurance Risk Data. David Walker reports
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Reinsurers increasingly exposed to asset risk, but liability risk still the main focus
03 September 2019Rating agencies Moody’s and S&P Global have published their 2020 reinsurance outlook noting slight changes in investment risk appetite. Though marginal at this stage, the change could become significant in five to 10 years’ time. David Walker and Vincent Huck report
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Europe's non-life sector relies on investments as one-third of underwriting loses money
30 August 2019Irish underwriters did worst in 2018 while investment teams struggled, too, Insurance Risk Data finds
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French insurers continue push into unit-linked world
23 August 2019But their net sales of investment products slowed appreciably in 2018