Capital

Analysis

30 December 2024

Eiopa's call for cross-border overhaul, and the path to a single EU supervisor

Challenges with supervising cross-border insurance sales has prompted the EU's insurance authority to demand greater powers. But could bigger events in Brussels overtake them? Christopher Cundy and Martin Assmann report
12 November 2024

Eiopa's paper is a significant step forward for mass lapse reinsurance across Europe

Last week's consultation paper from the EU's insurance authority will help drive the industry in the right direction, argues Luca Tres
28 October 2024

A frontline perspective: the impact of war on Ukraine's insurance market

Denis Yastreb explains how the Ukrainian insurance sector has responded in the face of Russia's invasion and continuing occupation
14 October 2024

Time to adopt ICS, conclude AM comparable

The deadline to adopt the Insurance Capital Standard is fast approaching and a crucial decision on comparability with the US Aggregation Method awaits. ACLI's Mariana Gomez-Vock argues it is time for supervisors to resolve their differences
24 June 2024

The mixed picture for life backbook deals in Europe

While life backbook consolidation in Germany seems to have stalled, in Spain it's a more a case of 'full steam ahead', David Walker finds

News

  • Thailand's KWI Life wins breathing room for capital raising

    02 January 2025

  • China Taiping reinsurer launches cat bond in Hong Kong

    02 January 2025

    Bond covers two natcat risks in US and China, respectively

  • UK regulators push for clearer investment product disclosures

    20 December 2024

    ABI welcomes the initiative

  • European insurers survive Eiopa's geopolitical shock test

    17 December 2024

    Authority's 2024 exercise tested capital and liquidity under stress scenario

  • Insurance-alternative asset manager tie-up to continue, says Blackstone's Dellaert

    17 December 2024

    Asset manager-insurers have injected $30bn of capital into life and annuities in the last decade

  • PRA proposes new liquidity reporting requirements for large UK life insurers

    12 December 2024

    The authority invites feedback on the proposal

  • Farsight Partners to advise AB CarVal on sourcing $1bn of life and health financing deals

    11 December 2024

    Firm led by former members of Securis's life team

  • Bank of England unveils confidential liquidity tool for insurers and financial institutions

    10 December 2024

  • Thai regulator orders capital replenishment at KWI Life

    03 December 2024

  • Vast capital surplus puts European insurers in strong position, says S&P

    27 November 2024

    Biggest risk likely to be geopolitical impacts on capital markets

  • Zurich sets ambitious targets in 2025-2027 plan

    22 November 2024

  • Tokio Marine Life Insurance Singapore receives S$1.4bn capital injection

    19 November 2024

  • Gjensidige wins approval for windstorm model in PIM

    17 November 2024

  • Brookfield enters into first funded re transaction in UK

    15 November 2024

    Reinsures $1.4bn of pension liabilities in deal with Just Group

  • Re/insurers must attract "massive" capital inflows to cover cyber risks, warns Munich Re

    13 November 2024

    Having sustainable capital can show customers cyber is not just 'flavour of the day' for reinsurers

Most Read
  1. InsuranceERM's 2024 review: Solvency II vs Solvency UK
  2. Alex Hindson: Watch closely how geopolitics impacts sustainability
  3. Thabile Nyaba: Integration of risk management and sustainability stood out in 2024
  4. Eiopa's call for cross-border overhaul, and the path to a single EU supervisor
  5. FSA warns Japan's insurers to uphold governance amid global expansion
  6. InsuranceERM's 2024 review: Natural catastrophes and politics collide
  7. Socrates Coudounaris: DORA and AI regulation will be a focus for 2025
  8. Reinsurance solutions for IFRS 17: overcoming challenges in earnings emergence
  9. BMA pushes for more disclosures from life re/insurers
  10. Floods dominate non-US insurance cat losses