Archive

  • IAG seals new reinsurance deals in bid to limit natcat losses, smooth earnings and cut capital bill

    28 June 2024

    The firm is expecting a A$350m lower capital requirement

  • ASR eyes €8bn of Dutch PRT business in next four years

    27 June 2024

    Estimates 40pp increase in solvency ratio from measures including internal model

  • The mixed picture for life backbook deals in Europe

    24 June 2024

    While life backbook consolidation in Germany seems to have stalled, in Spain it's a more a case of 'full steam ahead', David Walker finds

  • Prudential to return $2bn of capital after rating agencies clarify IFRS 17 position

    24 June 2024

    Moody's confirms half of CSM included in leverage ratio

  • R&Q turns to alternative transaction structure as it looks to seal Accredited sale

    19 June 2024

    Files for provisional liquidation and suspends trading of shares

  • The end of the road for matching adjustment reforms

    18 June 2024

    The long journey to update the UK's version of the Solvency II matching adjustment is finally complete. Nick Ford summarises the implications of the changes and what's in store for life insurers

  • Solvency UK reform expected to impact insurers' model governance most

    18 June 2024

    Results from Grant Thornton's 2024 general insurance capital modelling survey

  • Consolidated results: how Medvida Partners completes deals in a tough environment

    17 June 2024

    Europe's life insurance consolidators are under close scrutiny by regulators, but Antonio Trueba tells David Walker how his firm has cleared the hurdles - and why the market is set to thrive

  • EU's Solvency II reforms could free up to €80bn of capital, S&P estimates

    12 June 2024

    Insurance sector's solvency ratios to benefit by up to 25 percentage points in aggregate

  • L&G slims down to three divisions

    12 June 2024

    CEO António Simões announces strategy for "simpler, more synergistic and capital light" group