News

  • Climate change understanding remains limited for insurers, according to NY Fed

    17 July 2023

    Fossil fuel price collapse in 2019-2020 led to $85bn capital shortfall for life insurers

  • Schroders sees real estate and infrastructure silver linings

    17 July 2023

    As repricing makes a virtue out of economic slowdown and reduced investment activity

  • German insurer cites infrastructure investments for plunging equity SCR

    17 July 2023

    Part of analysis of over European 100 groups' market risk capital requirements since 2016

  • Comment - CIOs may feel the heat from health claims, as disastrous summer-furnaces intensify

    17 July 2023

    Climate change is not just about having GA liquidity to rebuild property - mortal risk is rising, too

  • Croatian currency SCRs vanished as country joined euro

    17 July 2023

    Some insurers took advantage of assured conversion rates to calculate a nil FX risk, SFCRs show

  • Mirova calls out "significantly weakened" EU Nature Restoration Law

    14 July 2023

    Asset managers petition European Commission to take another look at softer ESRS

  • Dai-Ichi Life invests JPY 7bn in sustainable infrastructure fund

    14 July 2023

    Managed by IFM Investors and targeting energy and carbon capture facilities

  • Swiss Re revises interest rate peaks upwards

    14 July 2023

    By 25bps for both the Fed and BoE, while also expecting recessions to varying degrees across jurisdictions

  • Singapore regulator wants better-informed local investors to grow region's ILS market

    14 July 2023

    Better catastrophe data also necessary to help model and understand risks, says MAS

  • Bank loans one of the fastest growing assets for US insurers in 2022

    13 July 2023

    Insurer bank loans grew by 21% as industry looked to capitalise on soaring rates