Archive

  • Swiss groups' solvency levels fall in 2017, analysis finds

    10 May 2018

    Zurich Reinsurance and Echo Rueck among sharpest fallers

  • Continental giants reveal improved solvency ratios for UK units

    07 May 2018

    Axa and Allianz reveal SCR ratio upticks in pillar 3 reports

  • Allianz to ditch coal completely by 2040

    04 May 2018

    Firm stops insuring single coal-fired power plants or coal mines immediately and lowers investment threshold gradually

  • UN invites insurers to participate in first global survey on ESG risks

    27 April 2018

    Principles for Sustainable Insurance developing ESG guidelines

  • "No urgent crisis" for blockchain to solve

    26 April 2018

    Multiple obstacles to adoption of distributed ledger technology, says Fitch report

  • Allianz to conclude €1.85bn Euler Hermes buyout

    25 April 2018

    The acquisition will be completed with a squeeze-out of the remaining shares

  • The beginning of the end for coal investment and underwriting

    19 April 2018

    Insurers have made efforts to disengage themselves from the coal industry on both sides of the balance sheet, but climate activists say they could do more. Cintia Cheong wraps up the latest developments

  • GI business sale to Allianz boosts LV='s Solvency II ratio

    28 March 2018

    LV= sees recovery from Ogden impact

  • Scor predicts three-pronged impact of AI on reinsurance

    22 March 2018

    Scor envisages the impact of Artificial Intelligence will parallel developments seen in the medicine and auto industries.

  • Moody's confirms end of deleveraging trend

    27 February 2018

    Volatile solvency ratios could trigger more subordinated debt issuance