Pensions
News
Law change to give major boost to French life firms' solvency
Profit-sharing reserves in guaranteed products will be eligible as solvency capital
Zurich and Hannover Re secure £800m longevity swap
The transaction covers a significant proportion of non-UK overseas lives
UK court approves Equitable Life transfer, dismisses Solvency II MA claim
Utmost Life & Pensions cleared to acquire Equitable's legacy contracts
L&G strikes £1.6bn buy-in deal with National Grid
The transaction covers 6,000 people
UK court asked to rule on legitimacy of Solvency II matching adjustment
Utmost’s planned acquisition of Equitable Life portfolio brings objection from policyholder
Aviva aims for Solvency II RoE target of 12% by 2022
The insurer announced its financial targets and focus on simplification in a strategy update
PIC completes longevity swap conversion to £750m buy-in for SSE
It is PIC's third PRT deal for a pension scheme sponsored by Scottish & Southern Energy
UK pension risk transfer market to hit £40bn in 2019
Legal & General Retirement’s Pretty Sagoo gives her outlook for the sector
FCA fines Prudential £24m for annuity sales failures
UK regulator said the insurer had failed to treat some of its customers fairly
Rothesay Life claims UK's largest pensions buy-out deal
Liabilities valued at £4.7bn to be transferred from GEC pension plan
Analysis
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
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