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  • US insurer AAA-ratings not impacted by sovereign downgrade

    03 August 2023

    Fitch's cut of US debt rating to AA+ has sparked concerns

  • Dutch PRT market energised by pension reform approval

    12 June 2023

    It will lead to defined benefit pension schemes being converted to defined contribution, or put into run-off

  • AM Best: Inflation and concentrated investments leave Italian insurance outlook vulnerable

    31 May 2023

    The rating agency is monitoring lapse risks

  • Fitch Ratings assesses impact of IFRS 17 for Chinese insurers

    12 May 2023
  • What Italy's life insurers are saying about lapse risk

    05 May 2023

    Insurance Risk Data analyses firms' 2022 disclosures and predictions for 2023

  • Fitch warns French life policy lapses could nearly double from current levels

    04 May 2023

    More life firms are exploring lapse-risk reinsurance, rating agency says

  • Vigilance needed on rising interest rates, EU authorities warn

    26 April 2023

    Spring 2023 report highlights risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system

  • Italian life insurers face profit risk from higher surrenders

    18 April 2023

    Fitch Ratings says other European life markets are also likely to see increasing surrender rates

  • Low lapse risk for French life insurers, despite higher interest rates

    06 April 2023

    But Fitch Ratings says there could be isolated cases of insurers under pressure

  • Should insurers develop a CSM for IFRS 9 business?

    03 April 2023

    Idea discussed at InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 Conference