Archive

  • L&G in another large longevity deal with Prudential Financial

    20 August 2015

    UK insurer covers $2.9bn of pension liabilities ahead of Solvency II

  • Rothesay Life strikes £1.6bn bulk annuity deal

    22 July 2015

    Largest pension de-risking transaction of 2015

  • Keeping faith in credit ratings

    16 June 2015

    Insurers can no longer blindly trust credit ratings, but must have frameworks to assess the suitability of both internal and external ratings. Sarah Wall explains what is required

  • Rothesay Life takes on £1.2bn of Zurich UK's legacy annuities

    13 May 2015

    Deal reduces risk exposure for Zurich

  • Abbey Life brokers £2bn longevity swap

    10 February 2015

    Three reinsurers take risk from Scottish Power pension scheme

  • Hymans quantifies basis risk in DB schemes

    30 January 2015

    Schemes' liabilities are undervalued by 0.5% to 2%

  • IFOA unveils new methodology for assessing longevity basis risk

    08 December 2014

    Claims research could open up £10bn market

  • L&G strikes $4bn pension buyout

    27 November 2014

    American car-part supplier transfers liabilities of 30,000 scheme members

  • Hymans Robertson hires Milliman actuary

    29 October 2014

    Emma McWilliam joins ERM team

  • Carney raises the stakes on Solvency II internal models

    16 October 2014

    Mark Carney's recent indication that the Bank of England will not hesitate to withhold approval of inadequate internal models raises the question of just how heavy-handed the regulator will turn out to be, as Stephen Makin, Emma McWilliam and Ross Evans discuss