European Insurance: Weekly Cover

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European Insurance: Weekly Cover

Equity Research

European Insurance

19 June 2026

Weekly Cover

Topics of the week include: 1) Italian financials M&A; 2) Hong

Kong capital controls; 3) UK Motor pricing. Insurance slightly

outperformed European equities this week (+30bps), albeit European Insurance NEUTRAL

lagging Banks (+700bps) and Div Fins (+60bps). CoW: SXIP European Insurance

relative performance vs absolute level of interest rates. Claudia Gaspari

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The SXIP remains in the bottom quartile for performance YTD, with limited scope for Barclays, UK

earnings or capital management surprises at a time when valuations are relatively full.

Ivan BokhmatThe interest rate backdrop favours banks, and indeed most investors we met in our recent

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round of marketing remain OW banks and Neutral (at best) on insurers. With rates firmly

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above the 0-2.5% corridor in which the SXIP has historically outperformed the broader Barclays, UK

market, this is not surprising despite the clear economic benefit that higher rates have on

Alessia Magni, CFAthe insurance business model. With the SXIP trading just c. 200bps above RFR on dividend

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yield versus c. 400bps on average historically, we see little reason to turn more positive

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short term and continue to look for idiosyncratic EPS revision stories or thematic drivers. Barclays, UK

Chart of the Week - The rates sweet spot Domenico Turco

+44 (0)20 7773 3505History suggests the sweet spot for insurers relative performance is when RFR are in the corridor

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between 0% and 2.5% - high enough to limit spread deficiency risk, but low enough to make

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