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  • UK insurers' legal challenge on risk margin scuppered by regulator

    16 February 2017

    Legal advice commissioned by British insurers suggested that a future management action could allow firms to significantly reduce the risk margin even while the UK regulator remains bound to EU law. So far that advice has fallen on deaf ears. Callum Tanner reports

  • ABIR appoints head of policy committee

    15 February 2017

    Renaissance Re lawyer Stephen Weinstein replaces XL Catlin's Malcolm Furbert

  • Why London is losing out to Bermuda after major catastrophes

    09 February 2017

    The failure of the London Market to attract the majority of new reinsurance capital after major US catastrophes is in large part down to the flexibility of regulators. For now, Bermuda retains the advantage. Callum Tanner reports

  • UK government gets go-ahead for damages discount rate review - UPDATE

    30 January 2017

    Announcement due as ABI's appeal is rejected

  • UK insurers emphasise post-Brexit opportunity

    26 January 2017

    Senior management from Lloyd's, L&G, Prudential and the ABI have presented evidence to the Treasury Select Committee. With a hard Brexit now on the horizon most firms have given up on retaining single market access and are instead focusing on the benefits of changing Solvency II. Callum Tanner reports

  • ABI commissioned legal advice on Solvency II risk margin

    25 January 2017

    PRA could change risk margin while still in EU, says Huw Evans

  • Chubb, Hiscox, Liberty and RSA most likely to pay home insurance claims

    25 January 2017

    UIA and Zenith most likely to reject claims, says FCA

  • ABI loses injunction on damages rate review

    20 January 2017

    Appeal launched to bring judicial review

  • TSC hearing: gaining equivalence a priority for UK Solvency II reforms

    17 January 2017

    Single market access now off the cards after May speech

  • Navigating the options on recovery and resolution

    12 January 2017

    As recovery and resolution planning becomes a focus for regulators, Eoin King, Bridget MacDonnell and Eamonn Phelan explore the requirements for re/insurers and the possibilities for recovery measures