Archive

  • PRA handcuffed by equivalence in brexit scenario

    01 March 2016

    Third-country status could cost UK insurers, Asa Gibson reports

  • Axa rules out divestments to avoid capital surcharge

    25 February 2016

    Europe faces "problem" if US rejects G-Sii rules

  • Breaking down blockchain

    09 February 2016

    Talk about blockchain is reaching fever pitch in financial circles and applications for insurers are beginning to emerge. But confusion is rife and is clouding innovation, as Asa Gibson reports

  • Insurers bid to shrink the list of systemically important firms

    28 January 2016

    Martin Boer, director of regulatory affairs at Institute of International Finance, talks to Hugo Coelho about proposed changes in the methodology to designate insurers as global systemically important

  • UK reveals Solvency II applications for MA, VA and transitional deductions

    06 January 2016

    Matching adjustment is as popular as volatility adjustment

  • Data and technology 'will fundamentally change life insurance business'

    16 December 2015

    Sigma report urges firms to adapt business models, establish data roles and invest in technology

  • Axa wins internal model approval

    03 December 2015

    Solvency II ratio at 212% as of 30 September

  • IAIS consults on G-Sii designations and NTNI

    27 November 2015

    New methodology should allow regulators to add reinsurers to G-Sii list in 2016

  • Climate change to shave 0.5% off insurers' capital annually

    16 November 2015

    Larger impact to be felt through lower investment returns

  • Aegon designated as too-big-to-fail insurer

    03 November 2015

    Italian insurance group Generali out of G-Sii list