Investment Investment risk/strategy, Asset Management, Pensions
News
Chinese regulator's spotlight on investment products hits first-half sales
Industry analysts expect no pick-up in sales of contentious offering
Talanx's ZZR allocation jumps 41%
Reserves for the first half of 2017 reach almost half a billion, taking the total reserve fund to a “frightfully high figure”
Prudential combines M&G with UK and Europe business
Focus to be put on capital-light investment products under Solvency II
Aegon makes sweeping changes to supercharge solvency ratio
Injects €1bn into Dutch subsidiary and negotiates with regulator over LAC DT and US conversion factor
Sale of Goldman Sachs's stake in Rothesay Life confirmed
Singapore sovereign fund and Blackstone to take lion's share in bulk annuity provider
Tech firm promises low-cost, flexible economic scenario generator
Insurers still have concerns with amended Emir rules
UK ILS rules 'very pleasing' but speed is key to success
Uniqa chooses Moody's Analytics internal model and portfolio projection solutions
WTW launches SaaS platform for actuarial software
Breakdown between political risk and financial markets will not last - Allianz
Amend Solvency II to encourage sustainability, suggests European Commission group
Analysis
Reinsuring Africa in a soft market: One Re CRO
The young reinsurer One Re is somewhat of a specialist, focusing as it does on non-life risks facing clients in Africa. But its chief risk officer Ross McGee tells David Walker that the challenges remain the same, including reporting challenges under Solvency II, soft markets, and risk models.
Insurers under fire for underwriting coal industry
Divesting from coal companies while continuing to underwrite them is a 'blind spot' of insurers' climate policies, according to campaigners. Cintia Cheong investigates what four insurers are doing about it
MA optimisation: the experience at LV=
The matching adjustment (MA) is a vital element of the Solvency II package to annuity underwriters, but making the most of it is challenging. In this article, James Sharpe, developer of optimisation tool OptiMA, and Ed Rayson of insurer LV=, describe how MA benefits have been improved in practice
Yes, no, maybe: the PRA responds to industry's Solvency II reform agenda
The UK regulator has made a point-by-point reply to the Association of British Insurers' agenda for Solvency II reforms and confirmed its priority to review the reporting requirements. Christopher Cundy reports
UK insurers emphasise post-Brexit opportunity
Senior management from Lloyd’s, L&G, Prudential and the ABI have presented evidence to the Treasury Select Committee. With a hard Brexit now on the horizon most firms have given up on retaining single market access and are instead focusing on the benefits of changing Solvency II. Callum Tanner reports
Agenda 2017 part 2: Disaster and disruption
Trump, the rise of populism, the soft reinsurance market, internal model updates, cyber risk, tech disruption and the possibility of rising rates present insurers with threats and opportunities in equal measure. Callum Tanner reports
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Market Insight
IFRS 17 and the challenges ahead
The new insurance contracts accounting standard brings a dramatic shift in accounting and actuarial practices, and insurers should be prepared for implementation challenges, as Kamran Foroughi explains
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Market Insight
High velocity risk management
A rapidly changing world produces rapidly emerging risks that can flummox even the most comprehensive of risk management frameworks. Neil Cantle proposes an approach to improving how insurers respond to today's threats...