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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
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Suncorp doubles real assets exposure in December half-year
08 February 2023Investment income rockets in part thanks to linkers
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Comment: Time to rethink Solvency II and capital charging 'liquidity risk'?
07 February 2023Is a different capital charge justified if a fund's redemption terms prevent one insurer encashing its investments compared to a directly-invested rival?
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Solvency II capital benefit from diversification grows 14.4% at 56 groups, in 2021
07 February 2023But market SCR of the cohort grows faster, Insurance Risk Data finds
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Comment - Is Australia on the verge of needing large ranks of CIOS?
03 February 2023If hard-to-insure communities turn to mutuals as climate change intensifies losses, as private sector property insurers 'run from the hills', CIOs are going to be in demand