Archive

  • UK matching adjustment 2025 review: gilt-y pleasures

    11 May 2026

    Life insurers investing in sovereign debt strategies and limited use of new MA flexibilities are among the trends revealed in InsuranceERM's market analysis and review. Christopher Cundy and David Walker report

  • Solvency UK matching adjustment: 2024 review

    02 May 2025

    InsuranceERM's annual analysis finds the industry's overall MA benefit is similar to last year. But like ducks swimming in the water, there is a lot going on under the surface. Christopher Cundy and Martin Assmann report

  • Public disclosure is the biggest change for the UK's life insurance stress tests - UPDATED

    12 July 2024

    But reporting will not be timely and may not provide a full picture of insurers' resilience, consultants warn

  • Scepticism about the UK's Solvency II savings

    30 May 2022

    The UK government is projecting a meaningful reduction in capital requirements from its prudential regulation reforms. But some question whether the redesign will make any difference, as Christopher Cundy reports

  • UK's Solvency II study spooks the market

    29 October 2021

    Annuity writers have been shocked by the results of the UK's quantitative impact study on potential reforms to Solvency II and are preparing for a clash with the regulator, as Christopher Cundy reports