Archive

  • Insurers make 'short work' of SFCR internal model disclosures

    27 February 2018

    David Walker compares how firms describe internal models in their solvency and financial condition reports and considers how the practice may evolve

  • Valuation standard shifts in European life run-off market

    05 February 2018

    Solvency II own funds eclipses embedded value as pricing yardstick, PwC says

  • PIC and PartnerRe strike £725m longevity reinsurance deal

    22 January 2018

    PIC now reinsures roughly three-quarters of its longevity risk

  • PIC completes £100m buy-in with three pension funds

    13 December 2017

    Takes on liabilities of Pirelli pension fund members

  • PIC completes £725m buy-in

    30 November 2017

    Attractive pricing helped by significant de-risking by the fund

  • More UK insurers sign up to gender diversity at top levels

    13 November 2017

    Industry remains biased, despite benefits of having women as leaders

  • Mentoring scheme aims to tackle gender imbalance among senior UK actuaries

    30 October 2017

    Programme to encourage understanding of hurdles to women getting senior positions

  • PIC completes £600m buy-in deal with Wolseley pension fund

    09 October 2017

    Bulk annuity market experiences period of significant buy-in activity, says PIC

  • PIC transfers £1bn of longevity risk to Scor

    12 July 2017

    Expands roster of longevity risk counterparties to eight

  • The Hartford transfers $1.6bn pension liabilities to Prudential Financial

    26 June 2017

    Deal covers 16,000 former staff