Archive

  • Solvency II has cost L&G £150m

    14 February 2013

    While RSA predicts additional £20m sum this year

  • Insurers must be freed to invest for the long term - G30

    13 February 2013

    Think-tank says regulation has deterred long-term investing

  • Axa draws up ESG framework for sovereign debt

    12 February 2013

    Environmental, social and governance indicators linked to bond performance

  • Eiopa releases LTG impact study Q&A

    08 February 2013

    Firms must use year-end 2011 data, even when more recent data is available

  • Munich Re reports €3.2bn profit despite Sandy loss

    05 February 2013

    Reinsurer plans to raise its annual dividend to €7

  • Individual underwriting could see pension buy-ins booming

    05 February 2013

    Potential £380bn of deals if regulation and data sharing improves, says PI

  • PIC and SR Technics agree £200m pension buy-out

    04 February 2013

    More buy-outs expected this year as scheme sponsors face strains

  • Insurers' investment strategies at stake in LTG proposals

    30 January 2013

    Industry should take opportunity to give feedback, says Towers Watson

  • Learning from Japan's 'lost decades'

    24 January 2013

    With much of Europe mired in a deepening recession, the parallels with Japan's 'lost decades' become ever more acute. Paul Fulcher and Teoman Kaplan explore whether European insurers can learn from their Japanese peers in how to deal with a prolonged state of stagnant economic growth and low interest rates

  • BlackRock predicts insurance asset reallocation in 2013

    24 January 2013

    Says insurers will replace banks in fixed income asset investment