Archive

  • Solvency II risk margin reform liberates at least £13bn of capital for UK insurers

    13 May 2024

    InsuranceERM analysis of top 20 insurers reveal companies with largest savings

  • Lloyds seeks to reinvent its bancassurance business with technology push

    21 March 2024

    Apps and new approach to proposition will boost sales, executives say

  • Rothesay swoops for £6bn Scottish Widows bulk annuity portfolio

    13 March 2024

    The deal will enable Lloyds Banking Group to focus on growing other lines of business

  • Scottish Widows doubles individual annuity sales

    22 February 2024

    General insurance premiums also grow, but underwriting remains unprofitable

  • UK bulk annuity market prepares for potentially six more providers

    29 November 2023

    Rumours continue to swirl about firms entering the booming pension risk transfer market, while at the same time, another is considering exiting the sector. Ronan McCaughey and Christopher Cundy report

  • British insurers target £100bn of investment after Solvency UK reforms

    06 July 2023

    Association of British Insurers initiative aims to support UK infrastructure projects

  • UK life firms' matching adjustment benefit drops to £66bn

    25 April 2023

    Analysis of 2022 year-end reports by Insurance Risk Data

  • Lloyds takes £1.3bn charge for IFRS 17 contract boundary change

    22 February 2023

    Additional feature included in workplace pension policies to blame

  • IFRS 17: still waiting for disclosures

    04 August 2022

    The IFRS 17 accounting standard is due to be implemented in five months' time, but many insurers are leaving it until the eleventh hour to reveal what impact the transition will have on their financial metrics. Christopher Cundy and Paul Walsh report

  • LCP recruits longevity expert Stuart McDonald

    30 June 2022

    He helped to found the Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group