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• Irish regulator scolds variable annuity firms for risky strategies

  26 September 2013

  Unprecedented low interest rates pose great risks, warns CBI director

• Leasing and trade finance could spice up insurers' portfolios

  18 September 2013

  The traditional bond markets are no longer satisfying insurers' desire for a secure, stable investment income. Portfolios need to be developed to include other new core asset classes and there are opportunities aplenty for the more nimble insurers, says Yasheen Rajan.

• Scor to set up loan investment platform

  04 September 2013

  Reinsurer is raising allocation to corporate, real estate and infrastructure debt

• Investment environment remains biggest challenge to reinsurers

  29 August 2013

  Softening prices also a threat, says Fitch

• Insurers' asset shifts create credit risks

  17 July 2013

  Moody's warns of investing in illiquid and low-quality assets

• Low interest rates challenge regulators as well as insurers

  05 July 2013

  Current economic policies are creating market distortions that insurers and their regulators should tackle sooner rather than later, says Daniel Hofmann, advisor to the chairman of Zurich Insurance Group

• Swiss Re CFO sees G-SIFI status having little impact on capital

  24 June 2013

  Reallocates assets to bet on rising bond yields

• European insurers missing opportunity to diversify investments

  05 June 2013

  Just 2-3% of portfolios invested in alternative asset classes

• Insurers to invest more in infrastructure and equities

  29 May 2013

  But will be cooler towards debt, says ING IM

• Solvency II uncertainty "further undermining investor confidence"

  15 May 2013

  But it is still needed, says S&P