Negative Rates Mean Tough Life for German Insurers – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalNegative Rates Mean Tough Life for German InsurersWall Street JournalHowever, when measured with negative discount rates insurance liabilities become bigger in terms of today's money than the expected value of the policy when it is eventually paid out. Insurers differ on what to do if their discount rate, which is … A …
Danger lies in Mitteleuropa's financial sector – Financial Times
Danger lies in Mitteleuropa's financial sectorFinancial TimesIn the milder of the two stress scenarios, 12 of the 85 German insurance companies under investigation would be insolvent by 2023. In the harsher version, that number would rise to 32 companies with a total market share of 43 per cent. And this is only …
Irish life insurance firms ‘least exposed’ to interest rate risk
Moody’s said insurers’ investment returns will continue to fall for many years.