Archive

  • HLA to bite Axa and Prudential hardest

    03 July 2015

    Heightened capital requirements for systemic insurers will vary, says Fitch

  • Too-big-to-fail insurers face 20% capital loading

    26 June 2015

    Global regulators put tentative figure on higher-loss absorbency requirement

  • Generali unveils Solvency II ratio of 186%

    28 May 2015

    Partial internal model will be expanded to cover the whole business over two years

  • Internal model submissions begin, despite ambiguities

    22 May 2015

    Despite unclear rules and conflicting approaches from national supervisors, insurers have started submitting their Solvency II internal models for approval. Christopher Cundy and Hugo Coelho assess the state of play

  • Generali, Swiss Re and Zurich back call for better prudential regulation

    19 May 2015

    Mechanisms are still at an early stage

  • Insurers spend more than €5m lobbying EU

    07 May 2015

    Allianz, Axa, Prudential top spenders' list

  • Generali pleads for more time to develop capital model

    13 March 2015

    CEO Marco Greco unconcerned by capitalisation ahead of Solvency II

  • Prepare for a wave of liability management transactions

    29 January 2015

    Solvency II is the driver, says Twelve Capital

  • Generali's rating lowered on back of sovereign downgrade

    15 December 2014

    S&P cuts by one notch the ratings of Allianz, Unipol and Societa Catolica

  • Moody's: Leverage ratios at lowest level since the crisis

    13 November 2014

    Insurers borrow less as declining earnings make debt servicing onerous