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Axa reworked entire German life portfolio ahead of Athora sale

Axa Deutschland's SFCR said partial guarantees now "the new market standard"

Axa inks €660m deal with Athora for €16bn German life book sale

Deferred annuities and endowments had average guarantee of 3.2%

Former Prudential chief takes helm at Athora

Allianz's average life guarantee falls one-third since 2011

Moody's says Structured Alpha hedge funds costs are "digested," and raises group's outlook

Ivass hails "significant reduction" in solvency ratio volatility in 2021

Italian regulator comments on average ratio diving to 101% in Eiopa stress tests

Zurich cuts capital intensity in $20bn German back-book sale

Viridium says Zurich Deutscher Herold deal adds €21bn of assets

Italian regulator launches machine learning investigation

Generali CEO "realistic" about insurance sector's future societal role

Philippe Donnet said the insurance industry is at a crossroads how to address societal challenges

Bigger does not mean better for insurers

Expanding an insurance business in good times typically meant growing profits. In today's tougher economic environment, Europe's largest insurers are being much more prudent about spending capital, and are only considering very careful expansion, as David Walker writes

Full complexity of Europe's insurance groups revealed

Despite Amanda Blanc's simplification drive, Aviva remains the UK's most complex insurer