Archive

  • Sompo acquires Canopius for £594m

    18 December 2013

    Japanese insurer to take full ownership of Lloyd's syndicate

  • New participants enable £2.5bn longevity swap for AstraZeneca's pension fund

    17 December 2013

    The transaction hedges the longevity risk of around 10,000 members

  • France will not comply with Solvency II governance guidelines

    17 December 2013

    But insurers still expected to meet requirements

  • S&P downgrades RSA (updated)

    17 December 2013

    Insurer dropped from 'A' to 'A-' following CEO's resignation

  • IAIS launches consultation on capital requirements for G-SIIs

    16 December 2013

    Basic capital requirement is a prelude to other international standards

  • Swiss Re's CFO to join Zurich

    16 December 2013

    George Quinn will take up CFO role at Zurich early next year

  • PRA sets robust internal model timetable

    16 December 2013

    Firms late with their models will join "the end of the queue"

  • RSA to meet rating agencies this week

    16 December 2013

    Insurer says meetings are pre-arranged, not crisis talks

  • Lloyd's appoints first female chief executive

    16 December 2013

    Inga Beale succeeds Richard Ward

  • PRA sees pillar 3 as toughest challenge

    13 December 2013

    PwC comments on authority's SII conference