Analysis

  • IAR SURVEY: Insurers unprepared for COVID-19's market turbulence

    06 April 2020

    Insurance Asset Risk surveyed the industry to find out how it is rethinking asset allocation in the wake of COVID-19's impact on the economy and financial markets. Vincent Huck presents the results

  • No yield, too few bunds - what investment trials mean for 2020 Review

    03 April 2020

    Frank Schiller, board member of the DAV, tells David Walker in a far ranging interview his thoughts on the 2020 Solvency II review and where he believes EIOPA needs to step up its work.

  • SII reporting delays: thanks but no thanks

    01 April 2020

    As European regulators offer some leeway on Solvency II regulatory reporting deadlines, insurers seem inclined to follow the original schedule. Begging the question of how to account for the COVID-19 impact. David Walker reports

  • China's insurance giants divulge the finer details of investment outsourcing

    30 March 2020

    Could European underwriters have a thing or two to learn from their Chinese counterparts when it comes to transparency in their reporting? David Walker takes a closer look

  • Insurers advised to stay put with EM holdings amid COVID-19 chaos

    25 March 2020

    With lower ratings than their developed market counterparts and potential economic dependencies to oil, emerging markets are on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis. It is raising questions for insurers' allocation to the asset class. Vincent Huck reports

  • Risk Management in times of the Global Coronavirus Crisis

    23 March 2020

    Jegor Tokarevich and Amirlan Seksenbayev from Substance Over Form, look at the risks posed by COVID-19 to insurance investors and how they can mitigate them to make the most of the opportunities arising.

  • Coronavirus slump: the good, the bad and the ugly

    19 March 2020

    Not a single day passes without some new market revelation. Insurers are battening down the hatches but how bad is it and what damage has there been so far? Sarfraz Thind presents the good, the bad and the ugly of the market crash.

  • The Secret CIO on COVID-19

    16 March 2020

    As markets sink, a chief investment officer at a European insurer tells Vincent Huck how the pandemic is affecting its thinking.

  • When China sneezes, Europe's insurers catch the cold

    11 March 2020

    Analysis by Insurance Risk Data shows most countries' underwriters were adding equities in general accounts as virus risk approached. David Walker reports

  • Insurers' affiliates outperforming independent managers on ESG

    10 March 2020

    Half of the world's largest asset managers are neglecting the ecological and social harms of their investments, according to a research by ShareAction. However, insurers' affiliates seem to be ahead of the curve. Vincent Huck reports

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