Archive

  • Rothesay Life completes £123m pension buy-in

    07 March 2014

    First deal since acquisition of MetLife's £3bn UK bulk annuity portfolio

  • Rothesay Life acquires MetLife's UK bulk annuity subsidiary

    18 February 2014

    MetLife Assurance holds around £3bn in assets

  • G-SII capital standard "should be below Solvency II SCR"

    10 February 2014

    Responses to IAIS draft say 2015 implementation is ambitious

  • Friends Life's Mark Versey: "Infrastructure is now a core investment strategy"

    22 November 2013

    Friends Life is now directly investing in both infrastructure and commercial real estate debt after awarding combined mandates of £1bn this year. Jamie Bullen asks chief investment officer Mark Versey what lies behind this new strategy

  • Friends Life awards £500m infrastructure mandate to MetLife

    13 November 2013

    Infrastructure assets will be long-term UK based senior loans

  • Costs to implement accounting standards soar

    25 October 2013

    Predicted budget to meet IFRS standards is now $25m-50m

  • MetLife, Manulife say accounting proposals bring "unwarranted volatility"

    24 October 2013

    US life firms respond to the IASB's third exposure draft

  • Prudential Financial accepts US SIFI designation

    21 October 2013

    Joins AIG on "too big to fail" list

  • Mexican solvency reforms to test insurers' practices

    09 August 2013

    Mexico is due to implement its version of Solvency II in April 2015, but companies will face challenges in improving their risk management, governance and disclosure practices. Lorna Davies reports

  • UK pension fund buy-in deals could reach £5bn in 2013

    30 July 2013

    Market shifts in favour of bulk annuity deals