Archive

  • UK's first pensions superfund to disrupt the bulk annuity market

    01 December 2021

    Regulator approves Clara Pensions, but insurers disapprove

  • Actuaries cautiously optimistic about longevity outlook post-Covid

    29 September 2021

    Many in the scientific community expect Covid-19 to become an endemic virus

  • UK life insurers maintained strong capital positions in H1

    21 September 2021

    Insights from Insurance Risk Data and Fitch Ratings on the UK life insurance sector during H1

  • Smaller pension risk transfer deals crowded out of the market

    16 September 2021

    LCP says insurers are increasingly focused on larger transactions

  • UK risks having too few specialist with-profits actuaries

    23 August 2021

    Actuaries prefer "new growth areas," warns Hymans Robertson

  • UK's PRT market set to soar after quiet H1

    20 July 2021

    Pension risk transfer (PRT) activity in the UK was subdued during the first half of this year, but insurance experts tell Ronan McCaughey they expect an incredibly busy H2

  • Make the PRA responsible for actuarial regulation, say shareholder groups

    07 July 2021

    The organisations were responding to a government consultation, which is causing concern

  • Fears grow over impact of actuarial regulation overhaul

    06 July 2021

    Hymans Robertson and Mazars explain why they back the IFoA's stance

  • Pacific Life Re recruits Richard Purcell from Hymans Robertson

    15 April 2021

    Purcell will help to manage and grow the reinsurer's UK and Irish protection market business

  • Covid-19 vaccinations move the needle on mortality forecasts

    21 January 2021

    With the UK's Covid-19 vaccination programme being rolled out, experts tell Cintia Cheong about its impact on mortality in 2021 and what insurers should consider when projecting mortality trends