Archive

  • L&G seals UK's largest medically underwritten bulk annuity deal

    23 December 2015

    Buy-in adds to insurer's expanding annuity book

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

    03 December 2015

    PRA expected to announce decisions over the weekend

  • UK annuity market to grow £5bn in 2016

    02 December 2015

    Financial consultancy dismisses concerns about Solvency II effect on pricing

  • 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

  • Insurers push for access to public health data

    13 November 2015

    Longevity Science Panel says looser terms of access is a 'no-brainer' but public sensitivity inhibits change

  • Prudential confirms matching adjustment approval

    10 November 2015

    UK group is one of approximately 20 firms to have applied

  • InsuranceERM/Towers Watson Risk Technology Report

    29 October 2015

    Senior risk and capital executives share their thoughts on risk technology, the pressures the industry faces, downsides of adopting new technology and the future shape of the industry.

  • L&G strikes $900m bulk annuity deal with Philips' US unit

    02 October 2015

    The deal marks the insurer's first foray into US pension risk transfer market

  • Dutch insurers derailed by Solvency II surprises

    20 August 2015

    Setbacks in internal model approvals have put a strain on Dutch insurers' plans for Solvency II and raised fears that the European industry is less prepared than it thinks, Hugo Coelho reports

  • 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