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IFRS 17 is "two steps forward, one step back" for insurance accounting
03 July 2024Updated standard removes asset-liability mismatch, but impedes comparability, says S&P
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The mixed picture for life backbook deals in Europe
24 June 2024While life backbook consolidation in Germany seems to have stalled, in Spain it's a more a case of 'full steam ahead', David Walker finds
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PE and insurance: perception versus reality
21 June 2024Private 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
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Japanese firms reveal progress on anti-price collusion measures
17 June 2024Tokio Marine is compelling its salespeople to reflect on "uncomfortable" policies
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Australian non-life reinsurance costs rise 44% in seven years, S&P Global finds
17 June 2024Premium growth outstripped reinsurance hikes over period
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EU's Solvency II reforms could free up to €80bn of capital, S&P estimates
12 June 2024Insurance sector's solvency ratios to benefit by up to 25 percentage points in aggregate
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Internal model validation under pressure to add value for insurers
10 June 2024Insights following a recent Barnett Waddingham roundtable on internal models
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Fitch predicts robust credit fundamentals and less rates risk for Japan's life sector
06 June 2024Insurers will also keep expanding overseas to boost earnings, ratings agency expects
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PCAF hits 23 members as three more insurers join carbon accounting group
30 May 2024Eight of the members have made a GHG disclosure
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Insurers facing increased exposure to liquidity risk
30 May 2024Supervisory frameworks on liquidity risk in the insurance sector lagging those in other sectors, Morningstar DBRS finds