Archive

  • LV= transfers £900m of annuity liabilities to RGA

    20 December 2017

    Deal helps LV= reduce Solvency II volatility

  • PIC completes £100m buy-in with three pension funds

    13 December 2017

    Takes on liabilities of Pirelli pension fund members

  • Lapse risk takes centre stage in capital management strategies

    12 December 2017

    Since the introduction of Solvency II, EU life insurers have had to hold much more capital against the risk of customers lapsing their policies. Luca Tres explains how innovative hedging structures can help firms maximise their capital efficiency

  • Moody's reinstates Japanese life sector outlook to stable

    11 December 2017

    Agency cites strategic resilience to ultra-low rates for upgrade

  • L&G completes £490m pension buy-in

    11 December 2017

    MNOPF strikes deal with insurer following several de-risking strategies over eight years

  • Swiss Re's Dan Ryan: UK moratorium on genetic testing will have to change

    08 December 2017

    Dan Ryan, head of research at the Swiss Re Institute, talks to Cintia Cheong about the rise of genetic testing, life insurtech, and why insurers and academics need to work together to understand mortality trends

  • Legal & General waves goodbye to with-profits in $900m Swiss Re deal

    06 December 2017

    ReAssure unit of Swiss giant will take on 1.1m closed-book policies

  • Dutch insurer completes index-based longevity hedge

    30 November 2017

    Protects against longevity trend risk in €3bn of liabilities

  • PIC completes £725m buy-in

    30 November 2017

    Attractive pricing helped by significant de-risking by the fund

  • Slowdown in UK longevity improvement is 'new norm', say six in 10 pension trustees

    27 November 2017

    Three-quarters plan to hedge longevity risk