Archive

  • Conduct risk fears scupper UK secondary annuity market

    19 October 2016

    Treasury blames lack of potential buyers

  • Bulk annuity market strong despite low rates, regulation and Brexit

    27 September 2016

    L&G wrote £1.2bn of business across third quarter in UK and US

  • UK firms split on interest rate hedging strategy

    01 September 2016

    L&G has put its economic view on the pedestal, moving away from its rivals and challenging analysts who take Solvency II figures more seriously. Callum Tanner reports

  • Hymans boosts life insurance team

    22 August 2016

    Poaches EY's Chew and Milliman's McKenzie

  • Hymans and L&G team up on longevity pricing

    25 July 2016

    New service will encourage smaller pension schemes to transfer longevity risk says L&G

  • Firms invited to recalculate transitional

    15 July 2016

    Triggered by fall in swap rates after EU referendum, says Hymans Robertson

  • Solvency II troubleshoot: longevity swaps and risk margin relief

    17 May 2016

    Delta Lloyd's regulatory battle has brought to light concerns about the booming longevity risk transfer market, in particular index-based derivatives and risk margin relief. Asa Gibson reports

  • Insurers to test the limits of MA benefits

    05 April 2016

    Optimisation was one of the terms that stood out in year-end reports, as differences in approaches to asset eligibility and hedging solutions in matching adjustment portfolios emerged. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Scor goes 'direct' in pension scheme longevity swap

    30 November 2015

    Strikes £600m deal with RAC pension fund

  • Solvency II fundamental spreads steady five months on

    29 September 2015

    Eiopa stabilises methodology to calculate adjustments to discount curve