Life insurance
BofA claims top swaptions dealer spot for US life insurers
Counterparty Radar: Sector-wide exposures grew 35% in Q4 2022 on the back of large MetLife trades
US life insurers’ IR swaps usage hits $1.2trn in Q4 2022
Counterparty Radar: MassMutual is largest user of the instrument, finds our new analysis of industry filings
Pensions regulator plays down LDI risk to EU
Eiopa doubts UK gilt market chaos could occur to same degree in Europe
The future of life insurance
As the world constantly evolves and changes, so too does the life insurance industry, which is preparing for a multitude of challenges, particularly in three areas: interest rates, regulatory mandates and technology (software, underwriting tools and…
US Treasury urged to investigate private equity insurers
Senate banking committee chair says Athene and other PE-owned firms take more risk, may hold less capital
Apollo, KKR, Ares and the Bermudan CLO arbitrage
‘Capital efficiency’ may explain a 1,100% surge in life assets reinsured on the Atlantic island
How Athora uses its ties to Apollo to boost returns
European life insurer boosts returns by sourcing loan assets directly from private equity firm
Insurers’ favourite credit rating becomes more expensive
US institutions face a dilemma: go up a rating and lose yield or go down a rating and increase risk
Asia moves: HKEX names new CEO, BNY Mellon appoints Japan country executive, and more
Latest job news across the industry
Korea lifers set to increase hedging as accounting shake-up looms
Bond forwards likely to be favoured instrument, but interest rate swaps market could develop
Solvency ratios of EU life insurers continued to fall in Q3
In contrast, the median capital ratio of groups and non-life firms increased
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Goldman Sachs
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Insurer of the year: Pension Insurance Corporation
Risk Awards 2020: Innovative regulatory capital bond gives PIC an edge
Regulator of the year: Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission
Asia Risk Awards 2019
Poor asset returns threaten EU insurers’ profitability
Life insurers report median zero investment return in 2018
Japan regulation sparks hunt for new annuity products
Foreign currency products hit by push for transparency on forex risk and charges
Generali accelerates pivot to ‘capital light’ products
Tilt to unit-linked products helps relieve capital burden
Korean insurers shun structured notes ahead of IFRS 9
Prospect of earnings volatility blamed as big buyers of notes turn to less exotic assets
Axa's solvency ratio soars on US IPO, debt issue
Solvency II SCR ratio up to 233%
Prudential grows long-term care reserves, draining profits
Annual actuarial updates take net $160 million away from adjusted operating income
Generali boosts capital with sale of German unit
Offloading Generali Leben will bolster group's SCR by 2.6%; Generali Deutschland's by 43%
Crunching mortality and life insurance portfolios with extended CreditRisk+
Jonas Hirz, Uwe Schmock and Pavel Shevchenko present a summary of actuarial applications of the extended CreditRisk+ model