Archive

  • LV= strikes reinsurance deals to boost capital position

    14 March 2016

    Aims to apply for internal model and matching adjustment

  • UK reveals Solvency II applications for MA, VA and transitional deductions

    06 January 2016

    Matching adjustment is as popular as volatility adjustment

  • LV= and Swiss Re join UK insurtech initiative

    05 January 2016

    Startupbootcamp InsurTech is backing 10 start-ups

  • InsurTech start-ups plot disruptive change

    10 December 2015

    Innovation efforts focussed on distribution channels and customer engagement

  • Twenty UK insurers await news on Solvency II internal model application

    03 December 2015

    PRA expected to announce decisions over the weekend

  • Life insurers stuck with the riddle of the risk margin

    01 December 2015

    Of all the innovations of Solvency II, the risk margin threatens to be the most painful for UK life insurers. The transitional benefit will provide relief against it on 1 January, but in the long run it may do more harm than good. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Solvency II 'preparations' to continue past 1 January

    05 November 2015

    A lot to do after statutory implementation date

  • More than 170 delegates expected at Insurance Risk & Capital

    13 October 2015

    Third edition of InsuranceERM's conference takes place in three weeks

  • Blip, trend or poor model? Insurers respond to shift in mortality projections

    06 October 2015

    Recent mortality projections for England and Wales have led some observers to question whether this marks the start of a new trend – or the need to build a new model. Asa Gibson reports

  • Axa pension fund heads to America for £2.8bn longevity swap

    13 July 2015

    Solvency II favours risk transfer to non-EU firms