Archive

  • Aegon offloads advisory unit to improve solvency capital

    08 August 2017

    Sale expected to boost €225m capital and 6pp solvency ratio for Dutch business

  • Rothesay Life's investors to buy Goldman Sachs' stake in insurer

    07 August 2017

    Deal could value Rothesay at £2bn

  • Solvency II capital benefit from diversification surprises equity analysts

    04 July 2017

    Pure-play firms gain as much multi-line groups

  • "Be careful what you wish for" on IFRS 17 flexibility, says IASB

    30 June 2017

    Aegon representative points to potential for wildly different interpretation of product classes

  • Aegon Life goes the extra mile in SFCR transparency on risk

    31 May 2017

    Europe's insurers take various approaches to detail and tone of Pillar III reports

  • Aegon hires lobbyist to replace Consedine

    25 May 2017

    Maurice Perkins to lead government and policy affairs

  • Insurers use home languages for their SFCRs - but Latin was a mistake

    22 May 2017

    Two published solvency and financial condition reports (SFCRs) contained dummy text in Latin

  • Aegon gets capital relief through $14bn US run-off sale

    22 May 2017

    Solvency ratio improves by 6 percentage points after sale to Wilton Re

  • Aegon recapitalises Dutch life business after UFR, deferred tax review

    11 May 2017

    Holding company injects €100m into Aegon Leven

  • Deferred tax continues to complicate SII ratios

    09 March 2017

    Changing requirements from regulators over the loss absorbing-capacity of deferred tax means insurers' Solvency II capital will remain at the mercy of this complex, opaque and inconsistent factor