Archive

  • UK volatility adjustment almost halved

    11 November 2014

    Change in composition of representative portfolio could hurt industry

  • Swiss insurers to use own credit ratings

    10 November 2014

    FINMA prepares changes to the regulation on assessment of tied assets

  • Prudential profits halve on derivatives losses

    06 November 2014

    Share buyback programme sees $250m repurchase in Q3

  • Standard Life grows portfolio

    29 October 2014

    Analysts suggest excess capital could drive M&A

  • Asset-liability matching excluded from Basic Capital Requirements

    23 October 2014

    Average level 75% of group-wide prescribed capital

  • The broad view

    21 October 2014

    Tom Wilson, CRO of Allianz, talks to Marcus Alcock about the need for supervisors to adapt as well, his difficulty with traditional insurance being deemed systemically relevant, and the trials and tribulations involved in submitting a trial IMAP which is over 100,000 pages long

  • Higher charges on trust loans threaten to eat away Chinese insurers' capital

    20 October 2014

    Regulators clamp down on firms investing in shadow banking products

  • Aegon to sell Canadian life operations

    16 October 2014

    Proceeds will help reduce group debt

  • Equity release mortgages out of matching adjustment portfolios

    16 October 2014

    PRA outlines own interpretation of rules on asset-eligibility

  • PRA spots 'gaps' in matching adjustment mock-ups

    15 October 2014

    Pre-application process runs from 1 December to 6 January