Archive

  • Capital boost of European insurers is "misleading"

    27 August 2014

    Reliance on unrealised gains exposes firms to interest rate rise

  • Aviva hires big data expert

    13 August 2014

    Adam Kornick appointed as global analytics director

  • UK bulk annuity market to top £10bn in 2014

    12 August 2014

    Capacity created by collapse in individual markets

  • Simplified BCR may hide "fatal flaws"

    11 August 2014

    Insurance Europe responds to IAIS consultation

  • Flood reinsurance scheme could fail to make payments in bad years

    28 July 2014

    Moody's warns of risk of underfunding after proposals to cap government transfers

  • Optimising the capital structure

    24 July 2014

    By analysing the economic capital structure of European insurers, it is possible to gain a sense of their weaknesses and how they are likely to optimise their capital structure prospectively under Solvency II, according to Philippe Picagne and Raymond Tam

  • Weak capital structures could prompt tier 1 bond issuances

    08 July 2014

    Insurers have not optimised balance sheets says CreditSights

  • BT bypasses intermediaries in record longevity swap

    07 July 2014

    Deal confirms increasing popularity of pension de-risking transactions

  • Wei to run Aviva's life operations

    27 June 2014

    Joins from Great Eastern Holdings

  • Pushing for professionalism in risk management

    18 June 2014

    Risk managers are under growing pressure to prove their competencies with regulators and rating agencies, say Amlin's Alex Hindson and Aviva's José Morago. They talk to Christopher Cundy about how qualifications can help