Archive

  • Credit downgrades raise strategic questions for insurers

    22 September 2016

    Investors are questioning the impact of credit downgrades on insurers' Solvency II balance sheets. Hugo Coelho investigates how firms are gauging this risk and why they resist putting a figure on it

  • 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

  • Insurers' spend on EU lobbying rises 50%

    25 August 2016

    Bill for 2015 tops €7m

  • Low interest rates behind L&G's solvency ratio 11-point drop

    09 August 2016

    CFO bemoans 'unrepresentative MA'

  • Insurers disappointed by UK rate cut and QE extension

    04 August 2016

    Analysts expect further quantitative easing in 2016

  • Aegon, L&G included in digital leaders index

    28 July 2016

    Equity analysts create basket of 40 EU tech leaders

  • 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

  • L&G strikes bulk annuity deal in midst of Brexit turmoil

    19 July 2016

    Completes £750m buy-in with ICI Pension Fund

  • Firms invited to recalculate transitional

    15 July 2016

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

  • Aegon's solvency ratio up 20% on annuity book sales

    12 July 2016

    Market-driven higher capital requirements limit positive impact on capital position