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  • "Significant potential risks" in funded reinsurance require new rules, says PRA [UPDATED]

    16 November 2023

    UK's Prudential Regulation Authority consults on expectations around use of such contracts

  • Australia's RAC slapped with capital add-on for poor governance

    02 November 2023

    Regulator found weaknesses in outsourcing and board decision making

  • UK's MA reforms: a fixation on attestation

    24 October 2023

    What do the PRA's proposed requirements for attesting matching adjustment benefits mean for insurers, and will it stop them investing in wider assets? Christopher Cundy and Paul Walsh report

  • UK regulator plans "dynamic" general insurance stress test in 2025

    03 October 2023

    PRA said the exercise would be different to previous incarnations

  • UK's MA reforms: with great flexibility comes great responsibility

    28 September 2023

    Insurers can look forward to including assets with "highly predictable" cash flows and more sub-investment grade assets into their matching adjustment portfolios, but at the expense of stricter risk management. Christopher Cundy reports

  • UK regulators propose rules on diversity and inclusion

    25 September 2023

    D&I important for better risk management, say PRA and FCA

  • Next wave of Solvency UK reforms target standard formula and proportionality

    20 September 2023

    But first comes MA consultation and rulebook transfer, says PRA's Gareth Truran

  • Major barriers to enter the UK bulk annuity market

    05 September 2023

    Barnett Waddingham expert Craig Turnbull explains what it means for BPA entrants