Archive

  • RGA completes £5bn UK longevity swap, but no US PRT, in Q2

    08 August 2023

    US life and health reinsurer also closes deal with domestic Japanese insurer

  • France's CCR to sell international reinsurer and raise capital

    09 February 2023

    Deal will value CCR Re at $1bn

  • Generali H1 net profits dive 57% due to Covid's effects

    30 July 2020

    But premiums rise in life and general segments

  • Australian insurers' bushfire bill hits A$2.3bn

    13 July 2020

    Fire was large part of A$5.3bn natcat insured damage last summer

  • Achmea health unit issues bond to fix capital shortfall

    04 July 2017

    FBTO Zorgverzekeringen failed to meet solvency capital requirement

  • Generali's solvency ratio jumps to 200% on bank sale

    16 September 2015

    BSI disposal was last move in plan to bolster capital position

  • Insurers feel the pull of longevity swaps

    13 March 2015

    Three years after Aegon started the market, index-based longevity swaps could become a trend across Europe as insurers seek to optimise their capital under Solvency II. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Sun Life claims first Canadian longevity swap

    04 March 2015

    Insurer takes on C$5bn of pension fund liabilities and buys reinsurance from Scor and RGA

  • Prudential Financial does $37bn of pension risk transfers

    05 February 2015

    Boosted by $27bn BT deal

  • Disposals assist European insurance capital

    06 November 2014

    Generali, Zurich and RSA post Q3 results