Archive

  • Talanx taps hidden reserves to finance ZZR

    12 August 2015

    German insurer reported a 77% increase in net realised gains on investments

  • JRP to shore up capital position ahead of Solvency II

    12 August 2015

    Annuity heavyweights Just Retirement and Partnership agree on £1.7bn merger

  • Barnett Waddingham poaches specialists from AIG and Towers Watson

    11 August 2015

    New appointments broaden consultancy's insurance team

  • Sigma: Insured cat losses higher than 10-year average

    11 August 2015

    Losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters at $16.5bn

  • Hannover Re plans operational risk review after internal model approval

    11 August 2015

    Chief risk officer Eberhard Mueller talks to Christopher Cundy about the years of work behind its Solvency II internal model and how he plans to develop the reinsurer's approach to operational risk modelling

  • Prudential reports strong solvency position in H1

    11 August 2015

    But new management repeats threat to quit UK to counter European regulation

  • Delta Lloyd scales down internal model application

    11 August 2015

    Solvency II ratio drops below risk appetite as operational risk is brought under the standard formula

  • Prudential promotes James to group CRO

    10 August 2015

    Former director of group finance led the insurer's Solvency II programme

  • PRA reaffirms restrictions on the recognition of deferred tax assets

    10 August 2015

    Position unchanged, despite lobbying on the risk margin

  • Internal risk transfer is not tax evasion, insurers say

    10 August 2015

    Industry raises concerns about OECD plans to tackle profit shifting strategies