Archive

  • Zurich's economic ratio pulled down by Swiss negative rates

    11 August 2016

    Crop insurer acquisition aggravates capital squeeze

  • Royal London's Harris to chair ABI's prudential committee

    11 August 2016

    Takes over from Andy Parsons from Lloyds Banking Group

  • Sampo unfazed by asset-liability mismatch

    11 August 2016

    Analysts warn about high equity and bank exposures

  • Aegon's UFR sensitivity spikes with interest rate slump

    11 August 2016

    More thorough use of volatility adjustment boosts solvency ratio

  • Asian risk margin blamed for Prudential's drop in solvency ratio

    10 August 2016

    18-point fall since start of the year puts ratio at 175%

  • Reinsurers renew lobbying efforts to avoid G-Sii designation

    09 August 2016

    A move from quantitative to qualitative indicators of global systemic risk is threatening to make the designation process more opaque for reinsurers. Callum Tanner reports

  • Low interest rates behind L&G's solvency ratio 11-point drop

    09 August 2016

    CFO bemoans 'unrepresentative MA'

  • Internal model change eats into Munich Re's Solvency II capital

    09 August 2016

    Adds to adverse impact of falling interest rates

  • Standard Life ratio drops 8 points at half-year

    09 August 2016

    Methodology change enabled group to recognise an additional £200m as surplus capital

  • Insurers' liquidity policies lack consistency

    08 August 2016

    EY survey highlights differences in how firms measure risk and identify liquidity sources and needs