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Life insurers stuck with the riddle of the risk margin
01 December 2015Of all the innovations of Solvency II, the risk margin threatens to be the most painful for UK life insurers. The transitional benefit will provide relief against it on 1 January, but in the long run it may do more harm than good. Hugo Coelho reports
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PIC in £2.4bn pension buyout
05 November 2015Hannover Re picks up share of longevity risk
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PIC insures £1.6bn of longevity risk with Prudential Financial
30 June 2015About 80% of PIC's longevity exposure now insured
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Internal model submissions begin, despite ambiguities
22 May 2015Despite unclear rules and conflicting approaches from national supervisors, insurers have started submitting their Solvency II internal models for approval. Christopher Cundy and Hugo Coelho assess the state of play
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Punter Southall appoints new head of de-risking solutions
05 November 2014Colette Christiansen joins from Towers Watson
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Insurers face "communication risk" over global trends
04 November 2014Urbanisation and climate change will force insurers to explain their business model