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News
Talanx heralds "room for manoeuvre" in German life unit as ZZR bill vanishes
Jens Warkentin reports "hardly any" movement in lapse rates
Phoenix estimates 20% of equity and credit assets exposed to high climate transition risks
UK life insurer further integrates climate risk across its risk management framework
Insurers' bond exposure to SVB is limited but equity fallout might hurt
One insurer entity invested 325% of equities in the banking sector, AM Best finds
Phoenix chief Andy Briggs confident of M&A outlook following "cups of tea" with executives
Growth in bulk annuities also a driver of growth for UK life insurer
L&G readies for £20bn pension risk transfer deal
Solvency UK reforms will help broaden asset base, says chief executive Nigel Wilson
ZZR release should increase bonuses for German life policyholders
BaFin comments on prospects for interest rate reserve following reversal of rates trend
PRA proposes Solvency UK consultations in June and September
Some topics require more industry engagement, says Sam Woods
Indian government reveals re/insurers' Adani exposures
Six re/insurers revealed as supporting troubled conglomerate through equities and debt
French regulator spells out supervisory priorities for 2023
Second climate change stress test planned this year
Apollo's chief executive decries PE-insurer imitators
Newer entrants "will learn very expensive lesson", says Marc Rowan
Abacus Life looks to expand life risk transfers for re/insurers
Leader in US life settlements broadens remit in bid for growth
Insurtech funding halves, but M&A almost doubles
Not all insurtechs have innovative technology, Bain reveals
Analysis
Insurers caught up in the Swiss roil
The fall of Credit Suisse, hot on the heels of SVB and Signature Bank, has sent insurers scrambling to assess the risks to their portfolios. While the hit seems manageable, Sarfraz Thind asks if there could be worse to come
The next steps in climate stress and scenario analysis
EY's senior manager and UK insurance climate risk leader Diego Jimenez-Huerta discusses how insurers are set to develop their climate change analysis in 2023, in this Q&A with Christopher Cundy
ESG for insurers is about education, support and guidance
Sustainability leads at Lloyd's of London, Convex and Fidelis explained how their ESG and net-zero strategies are evolving, and whether 2050 goals are realistic, at a Fitch Ratings event last week. Joshua Geer reports
Gilts crash: a boon out of a crisis for insurers
Another day, another UK financial market crash. But while it has gone wrong for British politics and pension funds, the current crisis may actually benefit insurers in the long run. Ronan McCaughey and Sarfraz Thind report
Ledger Investing aims to crack the casualty ILS code
Led by ex-AIG chief risk officers, Ledger Investing is entering the relative unknown in connecting insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors with casualty risks. Paul Walsh reports
Ripples of interest rate risk hit UK annuity writers
Equity-release mortgages have been a popular asset class for annuity writers, but soaring interest rates, fears of a property crash and regulatory uncertainty are creating questions for the market, as Christopher Cundy reports