Archive

  • Bond coupon deferrals unlikely to follow dividend scrapping

    16 April 2020

    S&P says cancelling shareholder distributions not a pointer to capital weakness

  • Achmea suspends dividends, awaits "more clarity" on pandemic

    09 April 2020

    It follows the lead of ASR, NN Group and Aegon

  • IT failures top threats to operational resilience for re/insurers

    10 December 2019

    Ways to build operational resilience explained at Insurance Risk & Capital conference

  • NN Group's Solvency II ratio rises in Q3

    14 November 2019

    But operating results in most lines dropped quarter on quarter

  • How insurers are thinking about sustainability - part 2

    03 October 2019

    In the second part of this two-part feature, Christopher Cundy and Paul Walsh ask seven primary insurers about their approach to climate change, who has responsibility for sustainability and how to measure improvements

  • How insurers are thinking about sustainability

    24 September 2019

    In the first part of this two-part feature, Christopher Cundy and Paul Walsh ask seven primary insurers about their approach to sustainability and how they plan to improve their performance

  • Dutch insurer Vivat sold to Athora and NN

    07 June 2019

    Anbang-owned business will be split into non-life and life activities

  • NN Group develops coal exclusionary underwriting criteria

    29 May 2019

    The Dutch insurer’s coal policy aims to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy

  • Getting IFRS 17 ready for lift off

    16 April 2019

    Despite the recent efforts by the IASB in proposing several changes to ease the implementation of IFRS 17, the new accounting standard for insurance contracts, some in the industry believe more needs to be done. Cintia Cheong rounds up the latest developments on IFRS 17 and the outstanding issues until its launch

  • NN Group posts large boost to Solvency II ratio

    14 February 2019

    Ratio increased from 199% to 230% over 2018