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German insurers hold €528bn in Spezialfonds
17 February 2023Closed-ended Spezialfonds have enjoyed an interrupted and sharp expansion since 2019
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Chart of the Week - Equities, a falling part of Germany's unit-linked industry?
17 February 2023Germany's unit-linked equity funds suffer first consecutive falls in volume
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India government reveals re/insurers' Adani exposures
16 February 2023Six re/insurers revealed as holding Adani equities and/or debt
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Comment - BMA picks up the 'big stick' for Bermuda's CIOs
13 February 2023The regulator's announcement on illiquids and alternatives was all-stick-no-carrot, but will the BMA bite not just bark, at CIOs?
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Chart of the Week - Swedish property woes and homeland GA tilts
10 February 2023Sweden's heavy homeland GA property tilt exposes it to an above-mean domestic price risk
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Use of hedging derivatives in Europe hits multi-year high, EIOPA finds
09 February 2023Authority ascribes peak figure since at least 2020 to interest rate hedging
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AIG's life sale could fund repurchase of half its stock by 2025, Third Point says
09 February 2023Hedge fund took stake in US giant last quarter
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Fitch spells out reasons for C-Ross Phase II solvency falls
08 February 2023Ratings agency says investment charges hurt lifers, while insurance charges played role for non-lifers
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Full-scale GA change not expected this year South Korea new regulatory regime
08 February 2023Fitch expects "adjustments" at some South Korean insurers in May/June reporting
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JGB yields rising a "probable game change" for Japan's lifers, Fitch says
08 February 2023Sector is already selling off US treasuries