EIOPA 2025 Annual Report: Ten Years of Solvency II Under Pressure
Solvency II turns ten with EU insurers posting solid SCR ratios, but EIOPA's 2025 Annual Report flags hundreds of billions in private credit exposure,…
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Bulgaria Pulls DallBogg Licence as EIOPA’s Escalation Model Faces First Full Test
EIOPA enforcement reached its terminal stage on 9 June 2026 as Bulgaria's FSC withdrew DallBogg's insurance licence — the first full-sequence test of the…
Allianz Group 2025 SFCR: A Decade of Portfolio Shift as Government Bonds Halved and CIU Hits €255bn
Allianz 2025 SFCR: government bonds halved to EUR 97bn over a decade. The EUR 255bn CIU headline is largely a Solvency II reclassification artefact…
Nine of Ten Largest EU Insurers Lift Solvency Ratios in 2025 as the UK Goes the Other Way
Nine of ten largest EU Solvency II groups strengthened SCR ratios in 2025 (aggregate 228% vs 218%) as eligible own funds outran SCR growth,…
3IF Ventures Closes $12m First Round to Back Africa’s Inclusive Insurance Infrastructure Layer
3IF Ventures closes $12m first round — anchored by FSD Africa ($6m), Swiss Re Foundation ($5m) and Zep Re — to fund embedded insurance…
PayPay Bets ¥134B on Life Insurance With T&D Financial Life, Mirroring China’s Fintech-Insurer Playbook
PayPay Corp acquires 70.2% of T&D Financial Life for ¥134.34B — converting Japan's 74-million-user payment platform into a life insurance distribution engine targeting the…
Wellington Management Pays $1.9B to End 40 Years of Sub-Advising and Own the Hartford Funds Distribution Channel
Wellington Management acquires Hartford Funds for $1.9B NPV — converting a 48-year sub-advisory relationship into full ownership of a $160B retail wealth distribution platform.…
Nigeria’s NAICOM Issues First Insurtech Licence, Opening Africa’s Largest Insurance Market to Digital Operators
Nigeria's NAICOM grants first insurtech licence, confirming NIIRA 2025 operational and opening Africa's largest market at 0.5% GDP penetration to digital operators.
Japan Prudential Life Sets Aside ¥4.7 Billion as FSA Escalates to Parent Holding Company Inspection
Japan Prudential Life earmarks ¥4.7 billion to compensate 503 policyholders after 107 employees committed fraud over 34 years — the FSA has escalated its…
MassMutual Reinsures $16 Billion Universal Life Block With Nationwide
MassMutual and Nationwide announced a $16 billion fixed universal life reinsurance agreement covering 30,000+ policyholders, with Q2 2026 closing expected and Barings retained as…