Archive

  • Swiss Re paying £1.6bn to acquire Guardian Financial Services

    23 September 2015

    Admin Re unit beats Phoenix to deal

  • Sharing economy, cyber and US mortgage credit to fuel insurance growth

    21 September 2015

    Aon identifies seven emerging risks that present opportunities

  • Zurich ends RSA bid as US reserving situation worsens

    21 September 2015

    GI business to report $200m loss in Q3

  • Guide to senior insurance managers regime launched

    18 September 2015

    Law firm Cooley and IRLA publish notes on UK regime

  • Monte Carlo Rendez-vous: Choppy waters on the voyage to El Dorado

    17 September 2015

    At this year's gathering of the reinsurance industry in Monte Carlo, much of the conversation was about adapting to the tough market conditions and exploiting elusive growth opportunities. Asa Gibson and Helen Yates report

  • Phoenix confirms talks to buy Guardian Financial Services

    17 September 2015

    Discussions on 'non-exclusive' basis

  • Opinion: Ultimate forward thinking?

    17 September 2015

    Legislators should resist the pressure to alter the ultimate forward rate (UFR), a key element of the discount rate used for the valuation of all assets and liabilities in Solvency II, argues Igotz Aubin

  • Unipol expands abroad with an eye to Solvency II diversification benefits

    16 September 2015

    Italian insurance group launches €500m reinsurance subsidiary in Ireland

  • Wrong time to revise the UFR, say EU insurers

    16 September 2015

    Insurance Europe urges delay and calls for phase-in of changes

  • Generali's solvency ratio jumps to 200% on bank sale

    16 September 2015

    BSI disposal was last move in plan to bolster capital position