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The future for funded reinsurance remains bright

Funded reinsurance has been the subject of increased regulatory scrutiny in the UK and US over the last 18 months, but experts believe it will remain part of insurers' risk and capital management toolkit. Ronan McCaughey writes

Resolution Life closes third UK funded reinsurance transaction

Moses Ojeisekhoba to succeed Clive Cowdery as Resolution Life's chief

Resolution Life reveals strong Australasian tilt in re/insurer's investor base

Over half of group's backers are in Asia Pacific; one quarter are insurers

Resolution Life investment paying off in Nippon Life's foreign expansion

Japanese group planning more overseas M&A

French insurers improve responses in second climate stress test

A total of 15 insurance groups, representing 90% of the market, voluntarily responded to the supervisor's request

Lapses worth €84bn drive net outflows from French insurers in 2023

Surrender payments were double the claims payments made by French life firms last year

Resolution Life expands through M&A in New Zealand

Life reinsurers spy a goldmine in Asia

A $3trn market is waiting to be tapped and asset-intensive reinsurers are priming themselves to be there, as Sarfraz Thind reports

Regulators' 2024 priorities: Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands

Insurance regulators explain why third-party IT risk, credit risk, sustainability and managing silent cyber coverage will be among their top concerns this year. Ronan McCaughey reports