Asset management
News
Royal London hires CEO from Standard Life Aberdeen UK
Barry O'Dwyer to replace Phil Loney in September
Legal & General ties up largest UK pension buyout
The bulk annuity deal with the Rolls-Royce UK pension fund covers 33,000 members
Climate change can't be captured in Solvency II capital, says Eiopa
EU authority publishes draft opinion on integrating sustainability into Solvency II
NN Group develops coal exclusionary underwriting criteria
The Dutch insurer’s coal policy aims to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy
Insurers must 'strengthen their efforts' on sustainability issues
Panellists at the Insurance Europe conference highlight insurers’ double roles on sustainability
Sompo profits rise by 40%
Japanese insurer suffers nat cat losses, but gains from asset sales
Libor transition risks facing insurers highlighted
Prudential’s SFCR reveals liquidity risk after Libor is discontinued
Adopting Tunaru's ERM valuation approach "difficult but not impossible"
More work and significant modification needed, says Milliman
Insurers share best practice on asset risk from climate change
Pilot project reveals the scenarios, models, and metrics used by 20 institutional investors to assess and disclose climate risk
SecondFloor acquired by German regtech provider
Cleversoft deal backed by common investor Main Capital Partners
Analysis
Comment: on the Solvency II matching adjustment and credit risk capital
Craig Turnbull argues whether the matching adjustment results in EU life insurers holding a prudent amount of capital to support the long-term credit default risk in their fixed income portfolios
Eiopa's Gabriel Bernardino talks Brexit, Solvency II and sustainability
The chair of Europe's insurance authority was interviewed by Christopher Cundy at the recent Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference. In this Q&A he discusses priorities for the year ahead and how Eiopa's powers are likely to grow
Unipol's Marisa Parmigiani: "We want to make sure everything we do is sustainable"
The sustainability manager of the Italian insurance group explains to Cintia Cheong their journey to create a sustainability policy for the company
Solving Solvency II's proportionality riddle
Smaller insurers have long complained about the burden of complying with Solvency II, but balancing proportionality with proper supervision continues to be debated. Aggelos Andreou reports
Finalists announced for InsuranceERM Awards
See which companies, teams and individuals have made the shortlist for this year's awards for risk and capital management
Liquidity has become a fluid concept in financial markets
Melanie Mitchell makes the case for decreased liquidity in corporate bond markets, and explains how investors should respond