LATEST NEWS
- Greenpeace protests in Germany over reinsurance industry
- Clearwater Analytics launches new portal for liquidity management
- First insurance industry guide for protecting UNESCO World Heritage Sites launches
- US life insurers would see 15% decline in RBC ratios under severe credit migration stress
- MAPFRE AM joins RIBI index for H&K’s ‘Avant Gardist’ category
Clearwater Analytics launches new portal for liquidity management
Clearwater Analytics has announced the launch of a new platform connection in partnership with Goldman Sachs
First insurance industry guide for protecting UNESCO World Heritage Sites launches
World insurance leaders have united to launch the first industry guide aimed at protecting the world’s most priceless and irreplaceable assets
US life insurers would see 15% decline in RBC ratios under severe credit migration stress
The US life insurance industry is well capitalised with a median RBC ratio of 447%, however, applying a rating migration stress lowers the median RBC ratio by 69 points (15% decline), to 378%, according to Moody’s Investors Service
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EIOPA launches consultation on Opinion setting out technical advice for SII 2020 review
EIOPA has launched a public consultation on an Opinion that sets out technical advice for the 2020 review of Solvency II
New AXIS policy leaves almost half global reinsurance market restricting coal cover
AXIS Capital has today announced a new policy addressing thermal coal and oil sands-related underwriting and investments
FCA makes announcement on green finance
The FCA has published a feedback statement on green financial products and services, setting out its proposals to improve climate change disclosures by issuers, as well as information to consumers
MAPFRE AM joins RIBI index for H&K’s ‘Avant Gardist’ category
MAPFRE's asset management company, MAPFRE AM, has been listed in the ‘Avant Gardist’ category of the Hirschel and Kramer (H&K) Responsible Investment Brand Index (RIBI), which identifies the European firms in the sector who are most committed to socially responsible investment
Bermuda (re)insurers see underwriting profits in 2018; net income improvement
Bermuda (re)insurers returned to underwriting profits in 2018 and saw moderate net income improvement despite above-average catastrophe losses, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings
Carney urges insurers to increase quantity/quality of climate-related disclosures
Insurers must increase the quantity and quality of climate-related disclosures; refine disclosure metrics to determine which ones are most decision-useful; spread knowledge on how to assess strategic resilience and consider how to disclose the extent to which portfolios are ready for the transition to net zero, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has stated
Insurance industry M&A deals down 15.7% to £4.04bn
Total insurance industry M&A deals in August 2019 worth $4.04bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database
Latest Features
'Double-hit' scenario to cause €160bn EU insurer balance sheet plunge
A 'double-hit' scenario across Europe is to have a negative impact worth €160bn on the undertakings balance-sheets of EU-wide insurers and for a 'low-for-long' scenario an impact of €100bn, according to EIOPA's latest insurance stress test report
Insurance Europe 'puzzled' by length of EIOPA's stress test recommendations
Insurance Europe is 'puzzled' by the long list of supervisory actions recommended by EIOPA arising from its latest stress test report
Real estate debt: how to target better outcomes from private debt investment
Careful underwriting of real estate debt can provide downside protection for insurers’ portfolios as the market cycle turns, says M&G’s Real Estate Debt Finance director Duncan Batty
Real estate debt: a compelling investment case for insurers
Insurance companies are increasingly seeking investments that offer both attractive returns and make efficient use of capital. A growing number are recognising the valuable role that real estate debt – specifically senior mortgages on commercial property – can play within a core fixed income portfolio – and the multiple benefits it can offer large-scale investors with longer investment horizons and capacity to accept illiquidity
Expert Views
New Rules, New opportunities: A return to European ABS for insurers?
At the height of the global financial crisis, insurance company investors withdrew from
the securitised debt market and sold down their asset-backed securities (ABS) holdings.
But a decade on, new regulation offers the potential for securitised debt to re-emerge
as an attractive investment opportunity for Solvency II-regulated insurers,
believes James King, Fund Manager at M&G Investments
Emerging Market Debt
Editor Adam Cadle talks to BNP Paribas Asset Management head of emerging markets debt Bryan Carter about the asset class and the opportunities in this space
HSBC: Asian credit
Adam Cadle talks to HSBC Global Asset Management global head of insurance segment Andries Hoekema and head of insurance business EMEA Deepak Seeburrun about investing in Asian credit for European insurers
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HSBC: Solvency II
Adam Cadle talks to HSBC Global Asset Management global head of insurance segment Andries Hoekema and head of insurance business EMEA Deepak Seeburrun about Solvency II optimisation
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