Instrument features and local regulatory frameworks are key to understanding the hybrid instruments issued by insurers in the Asia-Pacific. Unlike regulations for the banking industry, where regulators have universally adopted the Basel framework, rules for the insurance industry are fragmented...

Moroccan insurers are likely to gradually reduce their equity exposure and hold more government bonds in their investment portfolios when the country's new risk-based solvency regime comes into effect...

China's new regulations on asset-liability management will be positive for the insurance industry and help protect insurers from risks associated with asset-liability mismatches, Fitch Ratings says. Insurers are likely to shift towards selling protection...

French mutual insurance companies will continue to lose market share as rising regulatory costs threaten their ability to compete with traditional insurers and bancassurers, Fitch Ratings says. Many mutual insurers are relatively small and therefore face a disproportionately...