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BMA publishes update on block-reinsurance guidance

Highlights asset intensive and PRT in scope of deals which require prior approval

Fitch: change in Viridium's ownership could revive life book deal with Zurich

Ratings agency says BlackRock's part-stake should enhance Viridium's asset management capability

Beazley's Lloyd's syndicate investigating nuclear fusion insurance

Numerous syndicates highlighted new energy underwriting initiatives, in latest annual reports

Canada Life appoints Shreyas Sridhar to lead its bulk annuities business

Government must tread carefully on pension reforms, warns PIC CEO

Tracy Blackwell says member security must not be put at risk by surplus extraction plans

Trump tariffs to hurt life insurers the most as 'liberation day' causes chaos

Tariffs took effect last night have seen a global asset rout, challenging those holding riskier investments

How insurers can survive systemic technology outages

Jonathan Hatzor, chief executive of managing agent and cloud outage analytics provider, Parametrix, says the insurance industry must rethink how it assesses and underwrites exposure to technology service providers or risk severe losses. Joshua Geer reports

Ex-Hannover Re CEO joins Brit as non-executive director

Ariel Re appoints Rohan Pai as chief financial officer

Royal London's SFCR reveals MA capital benefit and SCR breakdown for 2024

UK group reveals £2.1bn SCR for life lapse risk