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Zurich to acquire AIG's travel insurance business

PE and insurance: perception versus reality

Private equity and alternative asset manager-owned life insurers have been accused of making risky investments and running opaque businesses intent on making a fast buck. The facts may not bear this out, as Sarfraz Thind reports in the first of a two-part article

Swiss Re explains how China's life insurers can avoid "Japanification"

Chinese firms are facing a plunge in investment yields

IMF urges Dutch regulator to improve scrutiny of life insurers [UPDATED]

High exposures to mortgage loans requires more stress testing

Zurich enters India with acquisition of stake in Kotak

Swiss insurer Zurich has acquired a 70% stake in Indian general insurer Kotak Mahindra for $670m

NAIC's RBC letters unveil divide between traditional and PE-insurers

Sides taken in structured security proposals highlight competitive concerns in US insurance market

The end of the road for matching adjustment reforms

The long journey to update the UK's version of the Solvency II matching adjustment is finally complete. Nick Ford summarises the implications of the changes and what's in store for life insurers

Insurer-asset management convergence set to grow, says Swiss Re

Intense competition between PE and traditional insurers for assets as interest rates set to remain structurally higher

Banning IBIP commissions in UK not as "catastrophic" as feared

Risk consultant says ban increased qualification requirements in UK as Europe mulls its own change

Comment: Labour and Conservative manifestos are out. What's in it for insurers?

The Labour and Conservative manifestos have been unveiled, outlining their respective visions for the UK.