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RGA completes £5bn UK longevity swap, but no US PRT, in Q2
08 August 2023US life and health reinsurer also closes deal with domestic Japanese insurer
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US Aggregation Method framework ready for launch
06 July 2023The wheels are in motion to fix the Aggregation Method for the US and for once everyone seems happy. Gary Anderson, commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Insurance, talks about the process towards one global capital standard
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Shoring up Bermuda's life rulebook
28 March 2023John Hele, Resolution Life's COO and vice-chair of Biltir, talks to Sarfraz Thind about the possible impacts from Bermuda's regulatory reform agenda and the increasing oversight of PE-backed and large international insurers
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FWD reveals key business metrics in flotation document
13 March 2023Deemed hospitalisation sent Japan Covid claims rocketing in 2022
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China's industry practitioners praise CBIRC as dissolution flagged
10 March 2023Regulator's duties to be subsumed into larger body
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International regulations fail when they favour one market, says ex-Fed chief
07 March 2023Insurance rules stymied when politics get involved, US regulators say
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Fitch questions if co-insurance demand will hold up in South Korea
08 February 2023Arrangements transferred interest rate risks amid ultra-low environment
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IAIS heralds "critical year" for Insurance Capital Standard
12 January 2023Public consultation and economic impact assessment due on the ICS
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US Senators grill regulators over private equity ownership and climate
21 September 2022This month's US Senate Banking Committee hearing on insurance shone a light on where politicians have the biggest concerns about the sector. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Japan steps forward with ICS-based capital framework
20 July 2022Japan 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