Archive

  • Chesnara to acquire Scottish Widows Europe

    17 February 2026

    UK consolidator takes on Luxembourg-based closed life business

  • Life reinsurance in Europe - a €100bn industry

    21 January 2026

    UK firms dominated ceding volumes in 2024

  • Fitch gives top marks to UK life insurers

    21 August 2025

    The market is being bolstered by successes in pension risk transfer

  • "No expectation" UK life insurers will maintain 100% solvency in 2025 stress test

    11 June 2025

    Stakeholders warned that ranking firms by solvency under stress is "too simplistic"

  • UK's life insurance stress test targets 11 bulk annuity providers

    10 July 2024

    Prudential Regulation Authority consults on tests to be launched in 2025

  • UK matching adjustment benefit rises to £78bn

    09 July 2024

    More business for bulk annuity insurers, as interest rates dip

  • Solvency II risk margin reform liberates at least £13bn of capital for UK insurers

    13 May 2024

    InsuranceERM analysis of top 20 insurers reveal companies with largest savings

  • Lloyds seeks to reinvent its bancassurance business with technology push

    21 March 2024

    Apps and new approach to proposition will boost sales, executives say

  • Rothesay swoops for £6bn Scottish Widows bulk annuity portfolio

    13 March 2024

    The deal will enable Lloyds Banking Group to focus on growing other lines of business

  • Scottish Widows doubles individual annuity sales

    22 February 2024

    General insurance premiums also grow, but underwriting remains unprofitable