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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