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  • MS&AD considers selling overseas units to bolster ROE

    01 March 2023

    European units' latest reported shareholder income losses widened by 87%

  • IFRS 17 conference - early bird rate ends this Friday

    28 February 2023

    The early bird rate for InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 conference ends this Friday, so register now to save 20%

  • "Deemed hospitalisation" costs Japan Post 97% of all Covid hospital claims costs

    15 February 2023

    Government has since scaled back rules on Covid-19 payouts

  • Fitch expects smaller Chinese insurers to need outside help to bolster solvency

    14 February 2023

    Shareholders, bond markets and reinsurers likely to be key supporters

  • Turkey-Syria earthquakes: insured losses pegged at around $1bn

    09 February 2023

    Fitch Ratings says economic losses could reach $4bn or more from the tragedy

  • Fitch questions if co-insurance demand will hold up in South Korea

    08 February 2023

    Arrangements transferred interest rate risks amid ultra-low environment

  • Fitch: we will watch for life insurers taking more risk under Solvency UK

    02 February 2023

    Safeguards on asset eligibility and PRA powers untested as yet, rating agency says

  • Fitch Ratings: too early to fully compare IFRS 17 results

    24 January 2023

    The rating agency said varying approaches to IFRS 17 mean insurers could report different results

  • Finding a consensus on IFRS 17 leverage ratios

    23 January 2023

    Some signs of agreement on how financial leverage will be presented under the new insurance contracts accounting standard are emerging, but options remain open, as Christopher Cundy reports

  • Hong Kong insurers reap HK$736m using Covid sales measures

    12 January 2023

    Regulator allowed remote selling as pandemic emerged