Archive

  • Phoenix confirms talks to buy Guardian Financial Services

    17 September 2015

    Discussions on 'non-exclusive' basis

  • Opinion: Ultimate forward thinking?

    17 September 2015

    Legislators should resist the pressure to alter the ultimate forward rate (UFR), a key element of the discount rate used for the valuation of all assets and liabilities in Solvency II, argues Igotz Aubin

  • Unipol expands abroad with an eye to Solvency II diversification benefits

    16 September 2015

    Italian insurance group launches €500m reinsurance subsidiary in Ireland

  • Wrong time to revise the UFR, say EU insurers

    16 September 2015

    Insurance Europe urges delay and calls for phase-in of changes

  • Generali's solvency ratio jumps to 200% on bank sale

    16 September 2015

    BSI disposal was last move in plan to bolster capital position

  • MetLife's Kandarian takes regulatory lobbying role

    16 September 2015

    CEO to chair regulation group at the Institute of International Finance

  • Bernardino attacks the role of FSB

    15 September 2015

    Eiopa chair criticises exclusion from recovery and resolution discussions

  • Eiopa confirms review of UFR methodology

    15 September 2015

    Official consultations have begun and will widen in 2016

  • Global 1-in-100 year insured loss estimated at $233bn

    15 September 2015

    AIR Worldwide updates global EP curves for 2015

  • Switzerland becomes first Solvency II equivalent jurisdiction

    15 September 2015

    European Parliament does not object to delegated act