Archive

  • Moody's: Leverage ratios at lowest level since the crisis

    13 November 2014

    Insurers borrow less as declining earnings make debt servicing onerous

  • FSB puts off designation of systemic reinsurers until 2016

    06 November 2014

    IAIS ordered to revise assessment methodology

  • Insurance reforms to reshape Indonesian market

    04 November 2014

    Firms required to spin-off sharia-units over a decade

  • Insurers welcome equivalence changes

    28 October 2014

    EC provides greater certainty on deduction and aggregation

  • Large insurer capital base set to strengthen

    17 October 2014

    S&P suggests driver uncertainty over global capital standard

  • S&P changes Axa outlook to positive

    16 October 2014

    Highlights strong capital adequacy

  • EU associations set template for Solvency II data exchange

    16 September 2014

    IMA, BVI and Club Ampere prepare table to assist reporting

  • Bracing for the liquidity squeeze

    16 September 2014

    The push by regulators for the central clearing of derivatives is a serious issue for life insurers that rely on swaps for duration matching. As Hugo Coelho explores, they could be vulnerable to cash collateral calls if interest rates spike

  • Simplified BCR may hide "fatal flaws"

    11 August 2014

    Insurance Europe responds to IAIS consultation

  • Hannover Re claims first French longevity swap

    11 August 2014

    Will take on €750m of liabilities from Axa France