Archive

  • Standard Life Aberdeen exits insurance business after £3bn sale to Phoenix

    23 February 2018

    The deal marks a move away from Standard Life Aberdeen's traditional insurance roots

  • Valuation standard shifts in European life run-off market

    05 February 2018

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

  • 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

  • Police Mutual liberated from FCA investigation over treatment of closed-book customers

    07 September 2017

    Five others still under scrutiny

  • The rise and fall of valuation methodologies

    31 August 2017

    The arrival of Solvency II and revised guidance on embedded value methodologies has led to changes in the financial metrics that European insurers report – and not all of them are welcome. David Walker reports

  • Phoenix grasps benefit of slowing longevity improvement

    24 August 2017

    Adoption of CMI 16 decreases value of liabilities by £126m

  • UK regulator proposes internal model levy

    24 March 2017

    Rules on model change remain in force until review takes place

  • Phoenix reveals £2bn longevity swap with RGA

    20 March 2017

    Group sets aside £25m for FCA investigation

  • Phoenix issues first sterling tier 3 bond

    17 January 2017

    Losses triggered by breach of MCR