Archive

  • PRA gives feedback on Solvency II balance sheet review

    11 February 2015

    Discussion on external audit requirements ongoing at Eiopa

  • Aon Benfield relaunches VA hedging unit

    11 February 2015

    PathWise Solutions Group to offer high-speed analysis

  • US insurers urge Fed to customise Sifi regulations

    10 February 2015

    Banking regulations are inappropriate, says American Council of Life Insurers

  • QE reveals the deception of the Solvency II curve

    10 February 2015

    The Solvency II discount curve is masking the impact of tumbling interest rates and artificially increasing levels of available capital, but firms and supervisors are already seeking to gauge the true vulnerability of businesses. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Two-thirds of large pension funds look to insure liabilities

    10 February 2015

    Surveyed schemes rank investment and longevity as major risk factors

  • Abbey Life brokers £2bn longevity swap

    10 February 2015

    Three reinsurers take risk from Scottish Power pension scheme

  • Chief Compliance Officers Forum launched

    09 February 2015

    Allianz's Loesler appointed as chairman of the group

  • US regulators increase transparency for designation of systemic insurers

    06 February 2015

    Reforms enable AIG, Prudential and MetLife to engage in annual re-evaluations of Sifi status

  • Solvency II equivalence under threat

    06 February 2015

    Europe's politicians are demanding a greater say in which countries can be deemed equivalent to Solvency II, amid fears that the European Commission is not moving fast enough with decisions that are crucial to insurers worldwide. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Prudential Financial does $37bn of pension risk transfers

    05 February 2015

    Boosted by $27bn BT deal