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India's proposed removal of the foreign-ownership cap on insurance intermediaries is likely to increase competition, strengthen distribution capabilities to enhance insurance penetration and boost M&A in the medium to long term...
The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission's recent rules to regulate insurers' investments in trust products will benefit the industry...
Fitch Ratings' revised insurance criteria (published January 2019) includes new ratio guidelines by rating category for Solvency 2 (S2) capital requirements (SCR) coverage. In a new report...
UK non-life insurers will probably not get a profit boost despite a likely reduction in fraudulent insurance claims, Fitch Ratings says. We expect insurers to use the savings stemming from tighter...
The delay to the implementation of a new accounting standard, IFRS 17, will allow insurers and reinsurers to reduce operational risks, Fitch Ratings says in a new report...
Australian insurers are likely to face short-term challenges as they addresses recommendations stemming from a royal commission into the financial services industry, but successful implementation should be...
Australia's banking system faces short-term challenges in addressing shortcomings in culture and governance that led to a number of misconduct issues in the system, says Fitch Ratings...
Growth in the New Zealand life insurance industry is likely to be hampered in the short term while insurers address issues raised by regulators following a review of the industry's conduct and culture, Fitch Ratings says...
Interim solutions and contingency planning with respect to derivatives and insurance claims are reducing some significant risks a "no-deal" Brexit would present to the European financial services sector...
Fitch Ratings says in a new special report that it expects Saudi Arabia's changing regulatory landscape to incentivise M&A activity and drive consolidation among smaller firms...
