Archive

  • Standard Life sells Canadian unit for £2.2bn

    04 September 2014

    Disposal signals transition to capital-light business model

  • Standard Life cashes in on UK pension reforms

    05 August 2014

    Group reaffirms concerns about potential impact of Scottish independence

  • European insurers see embedded values rise

    17 July 2014

    New business aiding recovery says Milliman

  • IERM Comment: reform and reinvigorate

    10 July 2014

    A focus on solvency and improving underwriting has been a real boon for Lloyd's

  • Bidding farewell to Lime Street

    10 July 2014

    In his last media interview before departing to join Standard Life as CFO in August, Lloyd's director of finance and operations Luke Savage talks to InsuranceERM editor Marcus Alcock about the market's recent upgrade, outperforming its peers, and the final leg of preparations for Solvency II.

  • Insurance asset managers grapple with Solvency II challenges

    06 June 2014

    Solvency II will impact how insurers manage their assets, but the effects will depend on their size and the business mix. Christopher Cundy and Hardeep Dhillon report from InsuranceERM's Insurance Asset Risk conference

  • Aviva Investors adds to multi-asset team

    16 May 2014

    Ian Pizer joins from Standard Life Investments

  • L&G reports 40% drop in individual annuities

    07 May 2014

    But growth in bulk annuities more than makes up for decline

  • Standard Life reports 50% drop in annuity sales

    30 April 2014

    But long-term trend difficult to predict

  • The UK pensions bombshell: opportunities among the wreckage?

    11 April 2014

    The UK annuities market is undergoing a dramatic change as the rules on retirement products are rewritten. In this article, Christopher Cundy looks at five major implications for products and strategy