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Vienna Insurance to buy Axa's Hungarian life business
02 January 2014French insurer expects sale to trigger one-off €40m capital loss
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Perspectives on Omnibus II: cautious relief to outrage
04 December 2013As the dust settled around Omnibus II, InsuranceERM spoke to those closely involved in the negotiations to get their verdict on the result. The diverse opinions from legislator, supervisor, insurer, rapporteur and parliamentarian reflect the complexity of the issues – and how battles over the details of Solvency II are far from over
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Axa to exit Romanian market
02 December 2013French insurer to sell regional life and savings insurance unit
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Axa CEO awaits "robust debate" as Solvency II gets down to details
17 November 2013Work on level 2 text will be important, says Henri de Castries
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Axa buys €259m stake in Colpatria
11 November 2013French insurance group to enter Colombian insurance market
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German life insurers face losses if interest rates remain low
24 October 2013Mismatched assets and liabilities and high guarantees leave sector vulnerable, says Moody's
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Axa places €350m cat bond
16 October 2013The windstorm catastrophe bond is the largest euro-denominated issuance to date
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Aegon leads, Aviva lags in reducing leverage
19 September 2013Insurers to continue using excess cash to pay off debt, says Moody's
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Nine global systemically important insurers named
19 July 2013The Financial Stability Board's designation of systemically risky insurers has brought howls of protest from the industry, but the impact on the nine firms is not easy to gauge. Christopher Cundy reports
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New capital muscles into the reinsurance business
12 July 2013Hedge funds, pension funds and wealth managers are among the newer investors reshaping the way that reinsurance operates and prices risk. These non-traditional investors like the returns available and the lack of correlation with other capital markets. But do they fully appreciate the risks? Sarfraz Thind reports