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Ageas to open internal reinsurer to third-party clients

Belgian insurer sees benefits from greater diversification

Direct Line appoints Nicola Hartley to senior capital and investment role

Mena insurers exhibit "shortcomings" in ERM practices

AM Best report says Middle East and North Africa firms making steady improvements

PRT market set for a blazing H2

The UK's pension risk transfer market (PRT) is on course for a very busy second half of the year, after relatively modest activity in H1. Solvency II reforms are also likely to impact the sector, as Ronan McCaughey explains

Free listing deadline closes today for InsuranceERM's technology guide

Entries should cover insurance risk management software - and the deadline is today 12 August

More European life backbook deals likely from Axa, deputy CEO confirms

Axa XL Re H1 premiums and revenues fall as group cuts natcat risk

Full extent of transitional measures in Germany revealed

The measures and the volatility adjustment maintain capital adequacy for some insurers

RSA risk veteran David Innes to leave after almost 34 years' service

He has served in chief actuarial, capital and risk roles

Japan steps forward with ICS-based capital framework

Japan is midway through development of a new capital framework that takes its lead from the Insurance Capital Standard. This should make it a beacon for international prudential rules, as the FSA's Shigeru Ariizumi explains to Sarfraz Thind

Direct Line cancels share buyback as inflation worries mount

UK motor insurer's solvency drops 26pp in six months