Archive

  • Speer to lead Towers Watson's risk and finance consultancy

    10 March 2015

    Tricia Guinn's departure prompts top management reshuffle

  • O'Brien aims high for RPC's new insurance consultancy

    03 March 2015

    Sector focus is crucial, says former Towers Watson MD.

  • US insurers gauge vulnerability to soaring rates

    20 February 2015

    Lapse risk higher for annuity providers with old books of business

  • Hong Kong: on the road to RBC

    12 February 2015

    It is early days for the development of Hong Kong's risk-based capital regime, but insurers already fear it will bring substantial changes to their businesses. Hugo Coelho reports

  • RPC poaches Towers Watson's O'Brien

    12 February 2015

    Former head of risk and consulting software to boost city law firm's insurance practice

  • QE reveals the deception of the Solvency II curve

    10 February 2015

    The Solvency II discount curve is masking the impact of tumbling interest rates and artificially increasing levels of available capital, but firms and supervisors are already seeking to gauge the true vulnerability of businesses. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Regulation and low rates top insurers' concerns

    29 January 2015

    Towers Watson survey highlights divergence between Europe and the US

  • Sub debt "better than reinsurance" for capital management

    12 January 2015

    Twelve Capital ponders best solution for Solvency II

  • Pacific Life Re strikes £1.5bn longevity deal

    07 January 2015

    Transaction with Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund uses cell structure

  • "Getting agreement on global standards will be the challenge"

    30 December 2014

    Colin Murray examines what 2015 will have in store