Archive

• Insurers demand action on climate change

  01 October 2015

  Fifteen insurance chiefs call for "urgent action" in letter to the governor of the Bank of England

• Zurich ends RSA bid as US reserving situation worsens

  21 September 2015

  GI business to report $200m loss in Q3

• RSA loses personal data of Lloyds Bank customers

  14 September 2015

  Insurer will offer identity protection to affected customers for two years

• Zurich considers bid for RSA

  28 July 2015

  Potential to save more than £1bn in capital

• Ex-regulator warns of retreat on internal models

  24 July 2015

  Paul Sharma predicts return to standardised risk assessment

• Axa pension fund heads to America for £2.8bn longevity swap

  13 July 2015

  Solvency II favours risk transfer to non-EU firms

• UK watchdog probes conduct at RSA's Irish business

  08 July 2015

  FRC investigates actuaries and accountants

• Internal model submissions begin, despite ambiguities

  22 May 2015

  Despite 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

• Insurers spend more than €5m lobbying EU

  07 May 2015

  Allianz, Axa, Prudential top spenders' list

• The curious case of the Swedish curve

  10 March 2015

  Eiopa has cut of the convergence period for the Swedish risk-free rate curve to 10 years from 50, citing the particular characteristics of the bond market. The change will reduce interest rate sensitivity, but increase the risk that insurers under-reserve. Hugo Coelho reports