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Capital management: Looking beyond share buybacks
Insurers explore 'risk geographies' for capital modelling
Risk geographies
US insurers expected to redesign products in response to new reserving guidelines
NAIC approves new principles that could increase reserves held on certain universal life products
German insurers warn of Solvency II threat to infrastructure investment
Insurers keen to invest in real economy, finds BaFin study, but regulatory uncertainty holding them back
Insurers eye longevity swap market
Swap shop
The periodical problem
The periodical problem
Banks offer combined reinsurance and hedging solution to Japan VA providers
Following risk management failures in the financial crisis, Japanese variable annuity providers’ new VA offerings include conservative investment objectives and sophisticated hedging strategies, combined with reinsurance
Hedge fund enables insurers to capitalise on bank deleveraging
Tenax Capital fund will buy bank loans and provide debt capital to corporates
Next economic crisis to come from pension funds
Unregulated pension fund industry will be a systemic concern
Legal & General eyes European infrastructure finance bonds
European Investment Bank set to launch project bond pilot scheme in September
Cat bond issuance this year could rival record 2007
New sponsors contribute to near-record first-half activity setting optimistic mood for rest of the year
Longevity modelling must evolve
Longevity modelling must evolve
Evolution of the liquidity exchange
Evolution of the liquidity exchange
Insurers need to improve understanding of flood risk exposure – Swiss Re
Flooding in Thailand was 'wake-up call' to industry
Webinar: Solvency II and the asset data management challenge
Solvency II presents considerable challenges for insurers and asset managers in terms of asset data management. Yet it is an area which to date has received relatively little attention. This webinar, in conjunction with BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, brings…
Capitalising on the bank asset sale
Capitalising on the bank asset sale
US focus: Pressure mounts over US life reserves
Pressure mounts over US life reserves
Life & Pension Risk Nordics: Market volatility and Solvency II 'present opportunities for life sector'
Solvency II must be implemented on time, says Länsförsäkringar Liv CFO
US insurers review FSA restrictions on life settlements
Insurers 'keen to close down market' in controversial investments
Governments should support development of longevity risk market – IMF
Governments should support development of longevity risk market – IMF
Record Q1 for cat bonds as pension funds increase capacity
Record Q1 for cat bonds as pension funds increase capacity
The extrapolation conundrum
The extrapolation conundrum
Significant longevity issue in China but third-party risk transfer ‘some way off’
China is greying quickly, but low penetration of pensions and life insurance mean little likelihood of a UK-style longevity swap market emerging