Archive

  • PRA eyes Solvency II impact study this year

    26 May 2021

    UK regulator says timetable for reform is still uncertain

  • ABI's Huw Evans to take up KPMG role

    19 May 2021

    ABI and KPMG collaboration suspended to avoid potential conflict of interest

  • First IFRS 17 reporting is crucial to making a good impression

    23 April 2021

    KPMG's Peter Carlson explains what to watch out for in 2023

  • Bermuda to see continued re/insurance influx despite pandemic

    25 March 2021

    KPMG says Bermudian government will keep the focus on industry amid talks of independence

  • Matching adjustment becomes a battleground in UK's Solvency II consultation

    23 February 2021

    Respondents to the UK's consultation on the future of Solvency II have taken starkly opposing positions on the matching adjustment, with some arguing for liberalisation and others for scrapping it. Christopher Cundy reports

  • ICS capital calculations: onerous, uncertain, but growing in relevance

    14 December 2020

    The global Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) requires yet more modelling work for insurers and some of its rules for calculating capital are vague. It's currently a low priority for insurers and investors, but UK firms in particular should watch closely. Christopher Cundy reports

  • IFRS 17 confidence level disclosure: ultimate run-off vs one year

    16 November 2020

    Cintia Cheong explores why insurers face a tricky choice between the two different time horizons for the confidence level disclosure of the IFRS 17 risk adjustment

  • Milliman hires ex-KPMG partner for UK life insurance team

    01 October 2020

    John Jenkins will be advising clients and taking on appointed actuary roles

  • IASB issues final version of IFRS 17

    25 June 2020

    The deferral of implementation to 2023 and the reinsurance accounting changes are most welcomed by insurers. Cintia Cheong reports

  • How Covid-19 is changing the UK's prudential supervision

    01 June 2020

    At a recent webinar organised by the Association of British Insurers, experts discussed what Covid-19 and Brexit might mean for the future direction of UK prudential regulation. Cintia Cheong reports