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Aviva profits rise 6% as cost-cutting bears fruit
Last year for major longevity reserve releases
South Korea's regulatory change likely to boost insurers' solvency
Co-insurance will also bring opportunities to reinsurers, says AM Best
Scottish Widows hails gains from manager switch and longevity release
Dropping Standard Life Aberdeen produces one-off profit boost
Group-wide contributions help NN lift operating profits 10%
Only domestic life business disappoints Dutch insurance and asset management group
Storebrand profits dip despite savings growth
Higher claims on disability and critical illness products hit insurance segment
Prudential Financial looks to reinsurance to boost flat income
"Meaningful earnings" from Assurance IQ acquisition unlikely this year
IMF risk alert for Austrian insurance sector
The international body warns about the impact of the low interest rate environment
China Life expects net profit to rocket in 2019
Investment returns have driven the surge
Eiopa investigation finds estimate of illiquidity in insurer liabilities
Major report also considers asset illiquidity for EEA insurers
Spanish sector stays strong, despite low rates
Fitch Ratings says Spain’s insurance market maintains strong profitability
Analysis
Eiopa's Gabriel Bernardino: climate disclosures will become mandatory
Gabriel Bernardino, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) joined InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk and Capital EMEA conference earlier this month. In a Q&A with Christopher Cundy, he answered questions about climate change, the Solvency II review and conduct risk
Hong Kong approaches transition to risk-based capital
Hong Kong’s long-awaited risk-based capital (RBC) regime is beginning to take shape ahead of its planned implementation in 2022. Paul Walsh reports on the latest developments
Comment: on the Solvency II matching adjustment and credit risk capital
Craig Turnbull argues whether the matching adjustment results in EU life insurers holding a prudent amount of capital to support the long-term credit default risk in their fixed income portfolios
Eiopa's Gabriel Bernardino talks Brexit, Solvency II and sustainability
The chair of Europe's insurance authority was interviewed by Christopher Cundy at the recent Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference. In this Q&A he discusses priorities for the year ahead and how Eiopa's powers are likely to grow
Unipol's Marisa Parmigiani: "We want to make sure everything we do is sustainable"
The sustainability manager of the Italian insurance group explains to Cintia Cheong their journey to create a sustainability policy for the company
Solving Solvency II's proportionality riddle
Smaller insurers have long complained about the burden of complying with Solvency II, but balancing proportionality with proper supervision continues to be debated. Aggelos Andreou reports