Pensions
News
Just's sales surge despite regulatory challenges
Bulk annuity markets provide boost to UK life insurer
Eiopa targets improved conduct and supervisory convergence for 2019
The EU authority has revealed its key targets for the year ahead
Athene and Prudential strike US pension deals
The agreements cover pension payments for over 40,000 retirees from security and aerospace firm Lockheed Martin
Fitch and think-tank warn UK insurers about no-deal Brexit
Systematic refusal of valid EU claims will trigger restricted default, Fitch warns
PIC secures £1.2bn reinsurance deal with Scor
The deal follows a similar £1bn agreement struck in July 2017
Germany's Caritas mulls curbing pension guarantees
Prudential Financial seals $3.2bn longevity reinsurance deals
Caution urged over interpreting ONS figures on UK life expectancy
Resolution Re reinsures $5.7bn of US annuity liabilities
PIC to tap debt market to fund bulk annuity deals
Just suspends dividend, awaiting ERM consultation outcome
Chesnara boosted by with-profits surplus release
Analysis
MPs grill Rule and Woods on equity release, ethics and Brexit
The UK parliament's house Treasury Committee yesterday questioned Bank of England chiefs Sam Woods and David Rule on a host of issues, including diversity, management ethics, Brexit - and insurers' treatment of equity-release mortgages. Ronan McCaughey and Christopher Cundy report
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
NN's Jan-Hendrik Erasmus: "the key issue is how to embrace technology"
NN Group's chief risk officer discusses with David Walker how the Dutch insurer is positioned for M&A, why Solvency II does not need to change, longevity risk hedging and today's technology and cyber challenges
Gen Re's Jules Constantinou: technology can make insurance more meaningful
Jules Constantinou, regional manager for life and health at GenRe UK and Ireland, and president-elect of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, vows to make insurance more meaningful to society. He tells Cintia Cheong how technology can help achieve that
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
Actuaries price themselves out of data science jobs
The skills needed in the 'big data' revolution closely match those held by actuaries, but well-qualified individuals are unlikely to find the sector financially attractive, as Cintia Cheong finds in her report on actuarial recruitment in the UK