Variable annuities
American VA providers de-risk to combat market volatility
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Low interest rates and market volatility are unsettling variable annuity providers in the US. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports on how they are coping in this challenging environment
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Variable annuities were launched in Europe shortly before the financial crisis began but, in the face of well-documented hedging problems in the US, the market never really took off. Alex Davis investigates...
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All variable annuity (VA) providers in the Republic of Ireland - the main VA domicile in the European Union (EU) - will be required to use an internal model to ensure that "solvency standards are appropriately...
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Times are tough for Japanese providers of variable annuities. Two years since the severe downturn across equity markets caused significant losses on extensive VA guarantees provided to customers, life insurers now find their margins squeezed by low interest...
Internal model should not be mandatory for VA business – MetLife
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VA providers hit back at European regulators move to increase regulation of the product
Variable annuity risks hurt Japanese life companies
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Times are tough for Japanese providers of variable annuities. Two years since the severe downturn across equity markets caused significant losses on extensive VA guarantees provided to customers, life insurers now find their margins squeezed by low interest...
State pension rollback provides opportunity for insurers
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Politically-led change in the French pension system means insurers are eyeing new opportunities in the country’s market, but are consumers ready for more complex savings vehicles? Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
Asia Risk Congress 2010: ING risk head admits mispricing variable annuities...
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A new hedging approach for Asian variable annuities
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Market demand is driving insurance companies to offer variable annuities in Asia ex-Japan, despite the rough ride they received from their first steps into this market. Insurers are taking a more cautious approach to risk this time around, but have they...
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