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...Its life insurance peers are closer to parity. One investor concern is the capital-hungry nature of bulk annuity business....
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...The point of the temporary accounting-rule change, from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, was to shield life insurers’ capital from losses caused by rising interest rates....
...The group is split into an active asset management arm, a life insurance and pensions business and a financial advice business. M&G’s share price rose by about 2 per cent in morning trading....
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...The private capital groups have built up substantial investments or tie-ups in the life insurance sector....
...“Nobody was expecting it to be this big,” says Tim Appelo, TV and film critic for AARP, the organisation for older Americans....
...Its property and casualty insurance division weakened, posting an overall underwriting loss reflecting worse conditions for areas such as credit insurance, but its major life and health insurance division...
...A body representing global insurance regulators has called for “enhanced supervision” of private capital-owned life insurers, citing potential “conflicts of interest” and “increased risk-taking”....
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