Archive

  • Munich Re chooses SAS for big data analytics

    18 September 2015

    Platform helps insurer to identify patterns and correlations in claims and contracts data

  • Interest rate and mortality swings justify recalculation of Solvency II transitional benefit

    17 September 2015

    PRA sets expectations about scope and variation of transitional measures

  • Monte Carlo Rendez-vous: Choppy waters on the voyage to El Dorado

    17 September 2015

    At this year's gathering of the reinsurance industry in Monte Carlo, much of the conversation was about adapting to the tough market conditions and exploiting elusive growth opportunities. Asa Gibson and Helen Yates report

  • Talanx holds €1.7bn buffer against model, emerging and strategic risks

    17 September 2015

    Voluntarily allocates 10% of own funds to cover uncertainties

  • S&P cuts rating of ten Japanese insurers

    17 September 2015

    Knock-on effect of Japan's sovereign rating downgrade

  • 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