Archive

  • Costs to implement accounting standards soar

    25 October 2013

    Predicted budget to meet IFRS standards is now $25m-50m

  • MetLife, Manulife say accounting proposals bring "unwarranted volatility"

    24 October 2013

    US life firms respond to the IASB's third exposure draft

  • Prudential Financial accepts US SIFI designation

    21 October 2013

    Joins AIG on "too big to fail" list

  • Mexican solvency reforms to test insurers' practices

    09 August 2013

    Mexico is due to implement its version of Solvency II in April 2015, but companies will face challenges in improving their risk management, governance and disclosure practices. Lorna Davies reports

  • UK pension fund buy-in deals could reach £5bn in 2013

    30 July 2013

    Market shifts in favour of bulk annuity deals

  • Nine global systemically important insurers named

    19 July 2013

    The Financial Stability Board's designation of systemically risky insurers has brought howls of protest from the industry, but the impact on the nine firms is not easy to gauge. Christopher Cundy reports

  • MetLife in line for systemically important designation

    18 July 2013

    CEO says firm is no threat to financial system

  • On the road to common standards for group capital

    24 April 2013

    A recent Geneva Association report revealed some surprises in the capital management of global insurance groups - and a reluctance to rush towards global standards. Co-author Kathrin Hoppe explains to Christopher Cundy