Archive

  • Athora secures €1.8bn investment to grow European business

    06 February 2020

    Equity will help fund the firm's acquisition of Vivat

  • RenRe's Edward Mishambi to chair Abir's policy committee

    09 January 2020

    Hamilton's Gemma Carreiro becomes deputy chair

  • UK insurers cheer Andrew Bailey's appointment as BoE governor

    20 December 2019

    FCA boss will succeed Mark Carney from March 2020

  • Insurers get to grips with climate disclosure

    26 November 2019

    It has been more than two years since the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) issued its recommendations to companies. Paul Walsh investigates the challenges the reporting framework has brought for insurers and what progress needs to be made

  • IAIS Abu Dhabi: compromise on global capital standard keeps process on track

    14 November 2019

    Paul Walsh summarises the reaction to today’s agreements that keep the Insurance Capital Standard on track, but not without objections from Canada and questions about US comparability

  • S&P calls for greater 'silent cyber' focus

    08 August 2019

    Reinsurers could capitalise on the potential of the cyber-insurance market but must be proactive

  • Gulf Islamic insurers face consolidation from tighter capital rules

    17 July 2019

    S&P Global Ratings says Saudi Arabian regulator plans to hike capital requirements to SAR 500m

  • Jon Dye named chair of ABI

    11 July 2019

    His appointment follows the sudden resignation of Amanda Blanc last week

  • What's next for the MA and VA?

    04 July 2019

    More than €100bn of capital relief is provided by Solvency II's matching and volatility adjustments, but they are far from uncontroversial. As the European Commission begins to consider reforms, Christopher Cundy reports on the problems and possible solutions

  • UK large firms to disclose climate information

    02 July 2019

    The ABI says insurers can be transparent as government launches Green Finance Strategy