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Resolution sees "considerable work" to meet Solvency II requirements
19 March 2014Life insurance group to rebrand as Friends Life
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SST raises awareness of asset risk
17 March 2014But the regulation is positive for Swiss insurers, says Fitch
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UK storms and floods to cost £1.1bn
13 March 2014Insurers paying out equivalent of £6.7m a day for flooding
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Understanding Solvency II's new transitional measures
13 March 2014Solvency II may have an official implementation date of 1 January 2016, but insurers are being given years to get their house in order. Alison Matthews outlines the key transitional provisions recently introduced to the legislation, focusing on the tricky question of equivalence
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Restricting access to health data creates competition issue
07 March 2014Changing rules on access to UK national health data may have consequences for actuarial research and could make it harder to develop new products - and for new entrants to break into life insurance markets. Christopher Cundy reports
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Swiss Re, Scor and Munich Re share in Aviva's £5bn longevity risk swap
06 March 2014Largest longevity deal with pension fund to date
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Aviva sees no escape from G-SII status
06 March 2014Solvency II restructuring costs drop to £79m
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L&G trebles bulk annuity business
05 March 2014More growth expected in bulk than individual annuity markets
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Impact Forecasting launches new EU windstorm model
05 March 2014Developed in partnership with the University of Cologne
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Diversification and caution characterise insurers' 2014 asset strategies
05 March 2014Another year of weak yields from bonds is prompting some insurers to continue diversifying their investment portfolios. But with predictions of weaker equity markets and continuing low interest rates, others are battening down the hatches. Jamie Bullen and Christopher Cundy report