Archive

• EY recruits Eamon McGinnity for UK insurance risk team

  14 January 2020

  He previously worked at KPMG and RBS Insurance

• Paul Fulcher joins consulting and actuarial firm

  01 October 2018

  ALM and capital management expert quits Nomura after six years

• Dutch court orders Ageas to repay $1.5bn over Fortis collapse

  16 July 2018

  The verdict marks the largest ever settlement issued in European securities

• UK firms split on interest rate hedging strategy

  01 September 2016

  L&G has put its economic view on the pedestal, moving away from its rivals and challenging analysts who take Solvency II figures more seriously. Callum Tanner reports

• Aviva chief to chair ABI

  07 June 2016

  Andy Briggs will succeed Axa's Paul Evans at UK association

• Insurers to test the limits of MA benefits

  05 April 2016

  Optimisation was one of the terms that stood out in year-end reports, as differences in approaches to asset eligibility and hedging solutions in matching adjustment portfolios emerged. Hugo Coelho reports

• Gilt-swap spread risk charge to accelerate ALM rethink

  08 May 2015

  A request by the UK regulator for internal firms to hold capital against the basis risk in their government bond portfolios will increase incentives for the insurers to move away from long-dated government bonds into swaps. Hugo Coelho reports

• Insurers spend more than €5m lobbying EU

  07 May 2015

  Allianz, Axa, Prudential top spenders' list

• Insurers weigh up hedges against regulatory curve

  25 November 2014

  Early in November Eiopa unveiled the paper which determines the length and the method for extrapolation and sets the figures used to calculate the volatility adjustment. Finally insurers can roll out their hedging plans, as Hugo Coelho reports

• Lloyd's makes a comeback to capital markets

  16 October 2014

  10-year subordinated bond issued ahead of two redemptions