Insurers
Munich Re adjusts sovereign portfolio
Reinsurer clips US, UK, Italy holdings
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 weathers Italian bond turbulence
Solvency II SCR ratio dips to a still lofty 201% in the first half
Generali boosts capital with sale of German unit
Offloading Generali Leben will bolster group's SCR by 2.6%; Generali Deutschland's by 43%
EU insurers embrace infrastructure bonds
Solvency II-compliant infrastructure investments concentrated in handful of firms
EU insurers most exposed to French sovereign risk
French government bonds make up 23% of sovereign exposures
EU insurance solvency ratios strengthen in 2017 – Eiopa
Average solvency ratio climbs to 237%
EU insurers shun ABS, real estate
Securitisations make up just 0.5% of portfolios; property 2.7%
Solvency II capital charges concentrated in two key risks
Market risk SCR averages 37% across six large insurers
Allianz reduces interest rate risk following model change
Solvency II ratio sensitivity to -50bps interest rate shock falls from -11% to -7%
Zurich builds up capital buffers
Insurer edges toward over-capitalisation on its own measures
Equity hedges protect Munich Re from vol spike
Net derivative liabilities fall 95% year-on-year
Axa tackles equity risk
Efforts to reduce equity SCR boost Solvency II ratio by eight basis points
Prudential Financial braces for higher lapse risk
Net redemptions hit $1.2 billion at US insurance giant
Allstate posts lower investment returns
Limited partnership income falls in first quarter
Rising rates hit Chubb's portfolio
US insurer posts $1 billion in realised and unrealised losses