Archive

  • UK gov to review regulations allowing Aberdeen-Stagecoach style transactions

    17 June 2026

    The Department for Work and Pensions said that the transaction did comply with guidance but "did so in a way not anticipated"

  • ABI keen to explore further Solvency UK reform

    28 May 2026

    The trade body's director general, Hannah Gurga, spoke at Insurance Europe's annual conference

  • UK Pension Schemes Act to have mixed impacts on PRT market

    06 May 2026

    New legislation is expanding the options for pensions schemes to de-risk, which may dent PRT volumes in the short term. Anna Sagar reports

  • Industry thinks the PRA's funded re plans are still "excessive"

    01 May 2026

    The Prudential Regulation Authority's plans to introduce a higher counterparty risk charge on the use of funded reinsurance will likely limit the UK market. Ronan McCaughey and Christopher Cundy report

  • Alternative life capital in the UK - a distant dream?

    27 February 2026

    The UK life insurance sector has welcomed suggestions from the Prudential Regulation Authority about broadening sources of capital. But participants say meaningful changes may be years away, as Ronan McCaughey and Christopher Cundy report

  • "Nothing is off limits because the stakes are too high for half-truths"

    19 February 2026

    David Otudeko's book on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is an intrepid exploration of his experiences working in the financial services sector that seeks to explain the importance of DEI and how to take meaningful actions. He talks to Christopher Cundy

  • L&G rejoins ABI as bulk annuity group established

    02 February 2026

    Association of British Insurers also overhauls governance structure

  • The Sam Woods "exit interview": Solvency II, sustainability risks and the secondary objective

    22 January 2026

    In his final appearance before the UK's Treasury Committee, the CEO of the Prudential Regulation Authority reflected on his decade in the role and the future direction for regulation. Joshua Geer reports

  • An undervalued risk? Addressing property underinsurance

    19 January 2026

    As populations worldwide face sharpening threats to their property, a danger of unintentionally underinsuring their assets looms ever larger. David Walker reports

  • A decade of Solvency II: Hugh Savill

    09 January 2026

    The ABI's former director of regulation questions whether the directive has done what it set out to do