Archive

  • Insurers push for access to public health data

    13 November 2015

    Longevity Science Panel says looser terms of access is a 'no-brainer' but public sensitivity inhibits change

  • Saporta to chair IAIS

    12 November 2015

    PRA's director of financial policy succeeds Felix Hufeld

  • How a 100% SCR stopped being sufficient capital

    12 November 2015

    Insurers are holding capital buffers larger than the minimum required under Solvency II, but is it the fault of the rules, the regulators or the market? Hugo Coelho reports

  • Storebrand targets late improvements to solvency ratio with tax model

    12 November 2015

    Norwegian life insurer will calculate its after-tax balance sheet for solvency reporting

  • 'Deep-rooted' problems in Zurich's underwriting risk management

    12 November 2015

    Underwriting losses suggest the insurer lacks ability to manage growth, says analyst

  • FSB reports patchy adoption of rules on insurance bonus payments

    11 November 2015

    Integrated financial supervisors lead efforts to reduce incentives for excessive risk taking

  • Lloyd's CROs create new committee

    11 November 2015

    Chaucer's Penny Shaw to chair LMA's chief risk officer group

  • AM Best shifts cat risk assessment in BCAR update

    10 November 2015

    Interest rate risk and dependence on reinsurance are the other key changes to calculation of insurer credit ratings. Asa Gibson reports

  • Prudential confirms matching adjustment approval

    10 November 2015

    UK group is one of approximately 20 firms to have applied

  • UK regulator tough on reinsurance concentration risk

    10 November 2015

    SCR components on counterparty default risk and risk concentrations "may not be sufficient"