All Insurance articles – Page 4
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UK regulator warns insurers over illiquid assets and alternatives
Prudential Regulatory Authority says insurance companies need to understand the underlying risks of alternative debt assets
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Kingfisher insures £200m in deal with PIC
£4bn pension scheme of building supplies group has now insured more than 10% of its liabilities
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Swiss investors diversify insurance-linked portfolios after difficult 2017
Significant losses experienced in 2017 from concentrated hurricane risk
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North Yorkshire eyes insurance-linked bonds amid 'urgent review'
Public sector fund looking to introduce new lower-risk asset classes
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Blockchain comes to bond market as Lombard Odier backs $15m deal
Swiss asset manager claims first bond transaction using distributed ledger technology
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Insurance-linked securities: Embracing catastrophic risks
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) are an asset class based upon insurance events. They provide an element of diversity to portfolios. Put simply, a market collapse is unlikely to be correlated to a natural disaster.
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Pension Corp seals $1.2bn longevity reinsurance deal
UK specialist insurer has taken on pension scheme liabilities worth more than £2bn in 2017
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Mandate roundup: Channel Islands, Border to Coast, IPE Discovery
European insurer puts out feelers via IPE Quest’s Discovery service
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Insurance regulators support climate risk disclosure
Group of supervisors outline how they will incorporate climate risk into their work
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German insurance-based pension funds sceptical about BRSG
Only a quarter believe introducing DC to Germany will provide opportunities for their businesses
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Commission calls for Solvency II rule change to boost infra spending
Proposal published alongside Capital Markets Union mid-term review
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Portfolio Construction: Benefits in being ‘insurance-like’
Sorca Kelly-Scholte and Michael Buchenholz say that pension funds can build better portfolios by adopting strategies used by insurers
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Insolvency Insurance: Behind the promise
Insolvency insurance stands behind German and Swedish book-reserve pensions, but the concept has not really caught on elsewhere
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German government says no to guarantees, insurance exemption
Changes to the new pension law proposed by Bundesrat rejected
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Insurance company seeks India equities manager via IPE Quest
Proposals sought for $200m large or all-cap mandate
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Benelux insurance company tenders private credit mandate via IPE Quest
Manager should offer EU leveraged loans and other private debt exposure
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The European insurance challenge
European insurers may turn to a wider range of asset management strategies as they face up to difficult market conditions
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GKN seals £190m buyout with Pension Insurance Corporation
Engineering firm continues de-risking exercise for UK pension scheme
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Insurance industry questions Commission's 'poorly designed' PEPP
Insurance Europe has strong reservations about current approach on pan-European savings vehicle
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German insurance association defends Riester-Rente amid failure claims
State-subsidised private pension product is ‘good’ and ‘can get even better’