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UK Solvency II reforms warmly welcomed by life insurers
22 February 2022The changes would include cuts to the risk margin for life insurers of 60-70%, while capital held by life insurers could be slashed by 15%. Paul Walsh and Cintia Cheong get the market's reaction
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Solvency II is affecting our competitiveness, says PIC
07 January 2022CFO-designate Dominic Veney sets out the case for post-Brexit reform of the regulation
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UK's first pensions superfund to disrupt the bulk annuity market
01 December 2021Regulator approves Clara Pensions, but insurers disapprove
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Pension Insurance Corporation seals 2021's largest PRT deal
04 October 2021Insurer takes on £2.2bn of liabilities from UK pension scheme
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Pacific Life Re recruits Richard Purcell from Hymans Robertson
15 April 2021Purcell will help to manage and grow the reinsurer's UK and Irish protection market business
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UK pension risk transfer demand could soar to £100bn
09 April 2021LCP says insurers need to be prepared for the volumes of pension risk transfer business it expects later in this decade. Ronan McCaughey explains why there is such an upbeat outlook for the sector
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The new risks emerging from remote working
05 January 2021The long-term effects of relocating staff from offices to their homes, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, are beginning to be understood. Risk managers have been satisfied in some respects, but deep concerns about staff wellbeing and the impacts on culture remain. Christopher Cundy reports
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Three pension insurer CEOs join ABI board
09 November 2020Tracy Blackwell, Addy Loudiadis and Andy Curran are the appointees
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PIC's profits and deal volumes drop in H1
10 September 2020But bulk annuity provider continues to expand business despite Covid-19 disruption
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UK insurers fight for tougher rules for pension superfunds
18 June 2020DB consolidation vehicles given greenlight to operate