Archive

  • Dutch court orders Ageas to repay $1.5bn over Fortis collapse

    16 July 2018

    The verdict marks the largest ever settlement issued in European securities

  • Ageas gets green light for Belgian reinsurance mixer

    02 July 2018

    The unit will focus on non-life lines of business

  • UK finalises law to reform whiplash claims and Ogden rate

    20 March 2018

    Government estimates £35 annual saving for each motor policyholder

  • Ageas results "best in our history" despite UK drag

    21 February 2018

    Solvency II coverage of insurance activities rises from 174% to 191%

  • Standard Life Aberdeen's Indian JV discusses M&A with Munich Re

    21 February 2018

    HDFC Standard Life Insurance said to be targeting Apollo Munich Health Insurance

  • Zurich sells student portfolio Endsleigh to broker

    03 January 2018

    Endsleigh's profit more than halved in 2016

  • Justice Committee's Ogden advice raises fear of further delay

    30 November 2017

    MPs have told the government it must face the "real world" when implementing the new personal injury discount rate. But its recommendations may cause more delay to the process, and pain for insurers as the industry tussles with making appropriate assumptions. Paul Walsh reports

  • LCP survey finds a quarter of non-life QRTs full of "obvious errors"

    17 August 2017

    Nearly a quarter would also need to recapitalise after loss of capital equal to MCR

  • Ageas UK takes actions as SCR ratio dips below 100%

    10 May 2017

    Change to Ogden rate sends solvency ratio tumbling

  • The ongoing ordeal of Ogden

    11 April 2017

    The change to UK's damages discount rate came as a huge surprise to many insurers. But this is far from being a one-off shock. Christopher Cundy reports