Risk

  • Geopolitical risks could eat up 95% of European insurers' capital surplus, S&P says

    29 November 2024

    Ratings agency found equity risk far outweighed bond risk in stress test scenario, despite lower exposures

  • TPI Centre publishes report on state of transition at 70 sovereigns

    29 November 2024

    Reviewing the climate change performance of the countries assessed against the ASCOR framework in 2024

  • Chart of the Week - EIOPA spells out dangers of fossil fuel investments

    29 November 2024

    As well as suggesting capital surcharges for GHG-risk equities and bonds this month, EIOPA analysed the risks of keeping them in Gas

  • Nippon Life LP backs local AI healthcare start-up to combat "serious labour shortage"

    28 November 2024

    Zest focuses on AI for in-home and nursing care

  • Comment - Postcard from Downunder - 'Welcome to the Climate Crisis'

    28 November 2024

    Australia's insurers essentially told, fossil fuel production is making your product unaffordable

  • China's Taiking Life files report on further backing for UK's Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant

    28 November 2024

    Life firm made announcement about £4m allocation this month

  • Tokio Marine expects $1.2bn CECL provisions for CRE loan portfolio

    27 November 2024

    Japanese composite forecasting a 10.4% capital loss ratio for portfolio

  • Asia's investors, and markets, take a breather after Trump's victory

    27 November 2024

    Meanwhile, Tokio Marine AM's space-equities fund rockets 43% in 12 months

  • APAC Weekly - Asia's insurers air post-January 2025 scenarios for 'Trump, the sequel'

    26 November 2024

    Industry questions whether 'Trump trade' is a leading indicator

  • Fukoku Life voices concern about China's non-performing property loans

    25 November 2024

    Japanese lifer also concerned at looming trade wars

  • Video: Legal & General Retirement America's CRO talks geopolitics

    25 November 2024

    Interview with Carl Groth at Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2024

  • Private credit markets hit $3trn, report finds

    22 November 2024

    Allianz GI and Pemberton and Apollo among insurance managers informing new research

  • European insurers' ratings safe from EIOPA fossil surcharges, Fitch says

    21 November 2024

    Agency predicts proposed increase in capital requirements would affect firms' Solvency II ratios by less than 100bps

  • Comment: 'Why not give us more money?' How stock analysts piled pressure on Sompo at 1H results

    21 November 2024

    CFO Masahiro Hamada politely answered one underlying question from analysts yesterday

  • Tokio Marine steps up strategic equity sell-down plans

    20 November 2024

    Group has made JPY 606bn worth of sales already, in half-year to September