Archive

  • Insurance careers have what young people want, but they don't know it

    13 January 2026

    Creative agency Free warns industry is still facing a talent and recruitment crisis

  • Bank of England ignites the debate on UK-EU Solvency II equivalence

    12 February 2021

    The EU is in no rush to grant the UK reciprocal equivalence on Solvency II and has stirred anger by saying it wants to see how far the UK diverges before giving the green light. Paul Walsh assesses the state of play and whether there is any potential for a future agreement

  • UK insurers face multi-million payouts after losing BI appeal

    15 January 2021

    Courts ruled in favour of Financial Conduct Authority in business interruption test case

  • PIC sparks up £3.4bn bulk annuity deal with BAT

    01 August 2019

    Largest ever transaction for specialist UK insurer

  • Debate over the insurability of GDPR penalties

    10 July 2019

    Herbert Smith Freehills says the question is likely to come before the courts

  • SFCRs need to show how capital is generated - analyst

    15 May 2019

    Stress and sensitivity testing also lacks consistency

  • Australia's Freedom Insurance to sell its policy administration unit

    15 April 2019

    The insurer was criticised by the Royal Commission

  • Pressure remains on AMP over Resolution Life M&A

    12 December 2018

    Australia’s stock exchange also accused of failing to protect investors’ rights

  • Australian bank cancels life unit M&A

    10 December 2018

    Prospective buyer Freedom Insurance Group faces regulator probe

  • Travelers' drone programme boosted by Kittyhawk investment

    04 October 2018

    US insurer will use Kittyhawk's technology to assess large amounts of information gathered by drones