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Asian investors provide boost to insurers' debt financing efforts
2012 was a buoyant year for debt capital raising by insurers, with companies tapping into the Asia market and issuing innovatively structured instruments. Investors’ appetite for insurance company debt...
Increasing investor demand and new sponsor opportunities look set to make 2013 a bumper year for the catastrophe bond market. Thomas Whittaker reports
Solvency II’s requirement for insurers to project capital calculations forward over a number of years is a significant challenge for insurers that are still grappling with modelling their year-one requirements....
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Following risk management failures in the financial crisis, Japan’s variable annuity providers’ new offerings include conservative investment objectives and sophisticated hedging strategies, combined with reinsurance. Joti Mangat reports
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The periodical problem
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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
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