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Simplified BCR may hide "fatal flaws"
11 August 2014Insurance Europe responds to IAIS consultation
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Hannover Re claims first French longevity swap
11 August 2014Will take on €750m of liabilities from Axa France
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Axa shrugs off low rate gloom
04 August 2014Insurer's economic solvency ratio would remain above 200% if rates dropped 100bps
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Optimising the capital structure
24 July 2014By analysing the economic capital structure of European insurers, it is possible to gain a sense of their weaknesses and how they are likely to optimise their capital structure prospectively under Solvency II, according to Philippe Picagne and Raymond Tam
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ABI names next chairman
01 July 2014Tidjane Thiam to step down this month
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RSA looking to Asia sale
17 June 2014Insurer could realise $500m
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Axa insurers set up €350m Italian real estate fund
04 June 2014Purchase of €44.5m office signals attraction of Italian RE market
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Axa's de Mailly Nesle: CROs need to be controversial and constructive
16 May 2014Chief risk officers should be the ones raising challenges in any decision-making process, says Axa's group CRO Alban de Mailly Nesle. But they also need to avoid being too negative, he tells Lorna Davies.
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BNP Paribas hires Aon exec to grow UK custody business
13 March 2014Felix Schachter to head insurance company sales
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Diversification and caution characterise insurers' 2014 asset strategies
05 March 2014Another year of weak yields from bonds is prompting some insurers to continue diversifying their investment portfolios. But with predictions of weaker equity markets and continuing low interest rates, others are battening down the hatches. Jamie Bullen and Christopher Cundy report