Archive

  • Capital metrics for systemic insurers "flawed", insurers say

    28 September 2015

    BCR and Solvency II threaten to push firms in different directions

  • Sharp slowdown in UK life expectancy improvements

    28 September 2015

    CMI reports no improvement for 75 year olds' in last four years

  • Focus on too-big-to-fail and you won't see the next crisis coming

    28 September 2015

    Allianz's Wemmer urges regulators to take an activity-based approach to tackle systemic risk

  • Just Retirement and Partnership launch £150m share issue

    25 September 2015

    Merger partners looking to smooth transition to Solvency II

  • Eiopa sets standard for group solvency calculations in context of equivalence

    25 September 2015

    EU insurers should meet highest capital requirement in equivalent third-countries

  • PRA to announce MA decisions in early November

    24 September 2015

    Regulator sets out process to apply capital add-ons

  • IASB consults on temporary IFRS package for insurers

    24 September 2015

    Insurers could face accounting mismatches and balance sheet volatility with implementation of financial instruments standard

  • Swiss Re paying £1.6bn to acquire Guardian Financial Services

    23 September 2015

    Admin Re unit beats Phoenix to deal

  • Portugal completes transposition of Solvency II

    22 September 2015

    Legislative process is delayed in almost half of the EU member states

  • Quantifying the diversification benefit

    22 September 2015

    The diversification benefit is a crucial factor in internal models, but how do you pin down dependencies in the absence of hard data? Justin Skinner and Russell Ward share their experiences