Archive

• Agenda 2017 part 1: Insurers prepare for another volatile year

  10 January 2017

  Brexit, Solvency II look-through disclosures, SFCR reports, the Treasury Select Committee inquiry into Solvency II and the fallout from the Eiopa stress tests all present a daunting year ahead for insurance risk managers. Callum Tanner reports

• How far can the UK run from Solvency II?

  15 September 2016

  The UK parliamentary investigation into Solvency II is expected to shed light on the trade-off between regulatory flexibility and market access, and expose the different preferences of insurers with different corporate structures. Hugo Coelho reports

• UK firms split on interest rate hedging strategy

  01 September 2016

  L&G has put its economic view on the pedestal, moving away from its rivals and challenging analysts who take Solvency II figures more seriously. Callum Tanner reports

• Investor focus on solvency ratios could shape capital strategies

  10 May 2016

  Rating agency warns industry that investors will compare Q1 ratios

• Unfreezing the UFR

  26 April 2016

  The revised methodology for calculating the ultimate forward rate may not be a catastrophe for all insurers with long-term liabilities, but it will put an unwelcome spotlight on solvency and accelerate the redesign of products. Hugo Coelho reports

• Dutch insurers derailed by Solvency II surprises

  20 August 2015

  Setbacks in internal model approvals have put a strain on Dutch insurers' plans for Solvency II and raised fears that the European industry is less prepared than it thinks, Hugo Coelho reports

• HLA to bite Axa and Prudential hardest

  03 July 2015

  Heightened capital requirements for systemic insurers will vary, says Fitch