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Australian non-life insurers will retain more risk to cap ceding costs

Finding a consensus on IFRS 17 leverage ratios

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

Life back-book consolidators shrug off threat from rising rates

Rising interest rates are unlikely to stop life insurers from selling their legacy liabilities to consolidators, as many other incentives for doing deals remain. David Walker reports

Generali and Unipol assessed for BTP exposure as Italy demoted

S&P Global Ratings has downgraded Italy's outlook to stable

R.I.P. traditional life insurance

Low interest rates killed off European life insurance products that offered policyholders guaranteed annual returns. Even now as rates rise, David Walker finds practitioners are ready to bury the concept

Suncorp boosts nat cat budget by A$200m as flooding hits Australia

S&P Global expects "continued upward pressure" on industry's reinsurance rates

Worst days over for Europe's life insurers, says Fitch

Allianz has become self-sustaining for capital on new life and health insuring

S&P Global warns of doubling in Australian flood bill - and hikes at reinsurance renewals

Sector's ceding ratios already rose above five-year average in 2021

Russian insurers gain relief for regulatory capital calculations

But S&P still cut ratings of various insurers

Apac reinsurers push for more underwriting risk in new lines

Next April's renewals could be "tough" for Japan's reinsurers, S&P Global Ratings says