Pensions
News
German hybrid life products raise risk modelling concerns
Use of GDV model scrutinised by regulator
NN promotes Wilbert Ouburg to CRO for life and pensions
He is due to succeed Hans Bonsel from April
Royal London's profit plummets as annuities business kicks off
Approval pending for matching adjustment portfolio
Eiopa's Bernardino calls for centralised supervision and disclosure revolution
Insurers agree on need for better consumer disclosures, but reject EU-wide supervisor idea
News in brief: Pacific Life Re and Scottish Widows PRT deals
A short summary of this week's major pension risk transfer deals
Leading insurers call for end to thermal coal investment
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance urges underwriters to back investment teams
MetLife secures longevity reinsurance deal with Rothesay Life
The US insurer's latest UK longevity transaction will cover $320m of pension liabilities
Legal & General seals £275m buy-in deal
Bulk annuity transaction closes out Hitachi UK's pension liabilities
L&G's £30bn portfolio transfer to ReAssure cleared by court
Transaction had been stalled due to Covid-19
Legal & General completes £530m bulk annuity deal
Transfers risk from Siemens pension fund
Analysis
Insurance protection gaps: getting over the blame game
Politicians and civil society tend to blame insurers for widening protection gaps. But insurers say governments and regulators must share responsibility. So what can be done to solve what all regard as a growing problem? Christopher Cundy reports from Eiopa's 10th anniversary conference
Mutuals' deferred shares could have saved LV= from demutualising
With the British life insurer planning to demutualise with the £530m sale of its business, Cintia Cheong talks to AFM chief Martin Shaw about the prospects for the mutual sector in the UK
Eiopa in 2021: more staff, more responsibilities
Europe's insurance authority is hiring nearly 35 more staff as its responsibilities grow. Executive director Fausto Parente explains what they will be doing, in conversation with Christopher Cundy
Pension superfunds "not a competing proposition", says L&G
The pension risk transfer market and investment solutions put insurers in a strong position to manage defined-benefit pension liabilities, L&G's head of pricing and execution Pretty Sagoo tells Cintia Cheong
How Covid-19 is changing the UK's prudential supervision
At a recent webinar organised by the Association of British Insurers, experts discussed what Covid-19 and Brexit might mean for the future direction of UK prudential regulation. Cintia Cheong reports
Eiopa's Gabriel Bernardino: climate disclosures will become mandatory
Gabriel Bernardino, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) joined InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk and Capital EMEA conference earlier this month. In a Q&A with Christopher Cundy, he answered questions about climate change, the Solvency II review and conduct risk