Archive

  • Solvency II transitionals fuel subordinated debt issuance

    17 June 2015

    PRA's hardnosed approach kept UK insurers away from debt rush

  • Insurers' growth inhibited by a failure to innovate

    17 June 2015

    Almost half of insurers have no formal innovation strategy, says KPMG

  • Fed meets industry halfway on capital standard

    17 June 2015

    Federal requirements to be built on existing state-based system

  • PRA slams 'stress testing' in ORSA draft reports

    16 June 2015

    Forward looking assessments are another area of weakness

  • EU data protection rules jeopardise fraud and risk assessment

    16 June 2015

    Current proposals have negative implications for insurers, says Insurance Europe

  • Keeping faith in credit ratings

    16 June 2015

    Insurers can no longer blindly trust credit ratings, but must have frameworks to assess the suitability of both internal and external ratings. Sarah Wall explains what is required

  • IAG cuts capital need by A$700m with Berkshire deal

    16 June 2015

    Australian group signs 20% quota-share with Buffett's Berkshire

  • Prudent person "no less challenging" than internal model application

    15 June 2015

    Standard Life's Forrester spells out implications for insurers' investment strategies

  • Canadian supervisor probes risk transfer

    12 June 2015

    Offshore reinsurance is being used to reduce capital retention

  • Prudence is key to avoid cyber market perils

    12 June 2015

    Success in cyber market demands risk-averse underwriting, says S&P