Archive

  • Standard Life's regulatory surplus slumps

    20 February 2015

    Acquisition of asset manager and call of bond weigh on available capital

  • Commission sets timeline for Solvency II equivalence decisions

    20 February 2015

    Delegated acts to be published in two batches

  • Australian insurers declare catastrophe following cyclone Marcia

    20 February 2015

    Country also hit by cyclone Lam

  • US insurers gauge vulnerability to soaring rates

    20 February 2015

    Lapse risk higher for annuity providers with old books of business

  • Tough battle ahead for global capital standards

    19 February 2015

    The response of US state insurance regulators to the IAIS consultation on the insurance capital standard sheds light over hurdles on the way of a global compromise. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Aegon withholds capital in anticipation of Solvency II

    19 February 2015

    US equivalence and impact of matching and volatility adjusters blamed for guarded stance

  • Swiss Re restructures longevity deal costing $30m/year

    19 February 2015

    Currency moves have negligible impact on 2014 results

  • Eagle lands at Guy Carpenter

    18 February 2015

    Former head of catastrophe analytics at Willis Re

  • Apra releases benchmarks for risk margin and diversification

    17 February 2015

    General insurers' figures in line with expectations

  • An alternative to the three lines of defence

    17 February 2015

    Limitations to the 'three lines of defence' model of risk management have been exposed through its use in financial services businesses. Clive Martin, Paul Willman, Roy Boukens and Oliver Rockley suggest an alternative way of describing risk management responsibility.