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Fitch puts Suncorp on negative rating watch as capital set to fall

China's insurers suffer expected fall in solvency as C-Ross Phase II takes effect

CBIRC says ratios "remain within a reasonable range"

R.I.P. traditional life insurance

Low interest rates killed off European life insurance products that offered policyholders guaranteed annual returns. Even now as rates rise, David Walker finds practitioners are ready to bury the concept

Insurers likely to face growing regulatory and capital developments

Fitch points to tighter standards for systemic insurers and climate risk as high priority areas

Thai Life's IPO boosts capital position

German insurers prove resilient to natcat risk

Resolution Life seals $1.1bn Japan life book deal with Dai-Ichi Life

Japanese life group gets over 25% of premiums from overseas

Fitch: Japanese non-life market's positive outlook

South Korean insurers given capital relief in bumpy investment markets

Paper bond losses trigger solvency re-think by regulator

Bigger does not mean better for insurers

Expanding an insurance business in good times typically meant growing profits. In today's tougher economic environment, Europe's largest insurers are being much more prudent about spending capital, and are only considering very careful expansion, as David Walker writes