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Argenta selects Wolters Kluwer Solvency II reporting solution
12 August 2013Benelux bancassurer already uses WKFS for banking reporting
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New UK accounting standard proposed for insurers
02 August 2013Means rationalisation rather than new requirements, says FRC
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UK pension fund buy-in deals could reach £5bn in 2013
30 July 2013Market shifts in favour of bulk annuity deals
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New capital muscles into the reinsurance business
12 July 2013Hedge funds, pension funds and wealth managers are among the newer investors reshaping the way that reinsurance operates and prices risk. These non-traditional investors like the returns available and the lack of correlation with other capital markets. But do they fully appreciate the risks? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Twelve Capital hires leading risk management academic
12 July 2013Markus Stricker joins Swiss insurance investment firm
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PIC strikes largest UK pension buy-out deal
09 July 2013Insures £1.5bn liabilities of EMI pension fund
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Phoenix breathes new life into its actuarial systems
03 July 2013The UK closed-fund consolidator has replaced its myriad modelling systems with just one, in a huge three-year project that is said to have been on time and on budget. For Phoenix, the project was not only operationally necessary; it was a strategic imperative. InsuranceERM explains
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L&G to acquire bulk annuity firm Lucida
26 June 2013Pays £151m for firm with £1.4bn in assets
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Insurers face "biggest ever" financial reporting change
21 June 2013Third draft of international standard on insurer accounting released
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Industry digests impact of LTGA
18 June 2013The insurance industry has had barely three days to consider the report from Eiopa on the long-term guarantees assessment, but it's long enough for experts to have identified several problems and for lobby group Insurance Europe to express its disappointment at the latest proposals on Solvency II. Christopher Cundy reports