Archive

  • PIC strikes £1.6bn bulk annuity deal [UPDATED]

    09 June 2014

    Insures liabilities for ICI's UK pension fund

  • Axa's de Mailly Nesle: CROs need to be controversial and constructive

    16 May 2014

    Chief risk officers should be the ones raising challenges in any decision-making process, says Axa's group CRO Alban de Mailly Nesle. But they also need to avoid being too negative, he tells Lorna Davies.

  • RGA takes on £1bn of Royal London's longevity risk

    14 May 2014

    Relates to annuity policies arising from Co-op acquisition

  • Standard Life reports 50% drop in annuity sales

    30 April 2014

    But long-term trend difficult to predict

  • The UK pensions bombshell: opportunities among the wreckage?

    11 April 2014

    The UK annuities market is undergoing a dramatic change as the rules on retirement products are rewritten. In this article, Christopher Cundy looks at five major implications for products and strategy

  • Auto-enrolment boosts UK group life markets

    08 April 2014

    Almost 11m people now covered through workplace, says Swiss Re

  • Emerging risks survey reveals "post-crisis" thinking

    04 April 2014

    This year's poll of North American risk managers shows a shift in concern away from the economic crisis and towards issues such as regulatory change and cyber risk. Christopher Cundy speaks to its author, Max Rudolph

  • Fitch cuts outlook on UK life insurance to negative

    01 April 2014

    Recent events create threats for sector

  • FCA to focus on seven market risks

    31 March 2014

    Annuities to come under further fire

  • L&G secures £3bn bulk annuity policy

    26 March 2014

    Largest ever UK pensions buy-in contract