Archive

• Aviva makes case for capital ratio below peers

  29 October 2015

  Buys reinsurance against latent risk in non-life UK portfolio

• European insurers see the end of deleveraging

  27 October 2015

  M&A and low rates to drive up hybrid debt issuance

• Generali's solvency ratio jumps to 200% on bank sale

  16 September 2015

  BSI disposal was last move in plan to bolster capital position

• US insurers call for halt to HLA consultation

  04 September 2015

  Trade group says IAIS should focus on definitions first

• Industry condemns HLA proposals

  26 August 2015

  Extending the scope of the requirement to traditional insurance is wrong

• Dutch insurers derailed by Solvency II surprises

  20 August 2015

  Setbacks in internal model approvals have put a strain on Dutch insurers' plans for Solvency II and raised fears that the European industry is less prepared than it thinks, Hugo Coelho reports

• The innovation game

  14 August 2015

  As venture capitalists invest a record amount of money in insurance technology, insurers are joining their ranks in the race to find the next disruptive technology. Asa Gibson reports

• Generali's Solvency II ratio up 14 points

  30 July 2015

  Italian insurer awaiting partial Solvency II internal model approval

• Systemic risk buffer may miss the target

  21 July 2015

  The IAIS has unveiled a formula to calculate the high-loss absorbency for global systemically important insurers. The industry claims the requirement is set too high and fears it will be poorly targeted. Hugo Coelho reports

• Leading Romanian insurer has negative solvency margin

  16 July 2015

  Four firms taking recovery measures ahead of Solvency II