Archive

  • Life insurers struggle to grow business

    30 September 2013

    Persistent low bond yields may lead to run-off and insolvency, says Linklaters survey

  • Aegon leads, Aviva lags in reducing leverage

    19 September 2013

    Insurers to continue using excess cash to pay off debt, says Moody's

  • Solvent schemes of arrangement threatened

    16 September 2013

    KPMG raises concerns over PRA proposals

  • Swiss investment fund to provide regulatory capital to smaller insurers

    12 September 2013

    Twelve Capital sees opportunity in banks' withdrawal from lending

  • Third-party capital appetite for reinsurance may be inflated

    27 August 2013

    New money not rushing in blindly, says A M Best

  • US and Asia boost Prudential's first-half profit

    12 August 2013

    Thiam again stresses importance of Asia to future growth

  • Private equity investors to keep driving insurance sector M&A

    30 July 2013

    Capital considerations key to divestment decisions, says EY

  • FSB launches consultation on risk appetite frameworks

    17 July 2013

    Lays out responsibilities for chief risk officers

  • G-SII "backstop capital" a springboard to global capital standard

    11 July 2013

    Zurich CEO says fragmented capital rules are intolerable in the long term

  • What the LTGA really says about the matching adjustment

    10 July 2013

    A workable matching adjustment is critical for many insurers facing the prospect of complying with Solvency II, but Eiopa's recent study on long-term guarantee measures has left some aspects ambiguous and others unfeasible. Kim Durniat delves into Eiopa's concluding report to bring out the nuances