News

  • Willis Towers Watson piles on Solvency II critique

    02 December 2016

    Less need for internal models if standard formula improved, says consultancy to Treasury select committee

  • Ireland's insurance bodies in merger talks

    01 December 2016

    Dima and Insurance Ireland plan to strengthen themselves

  • Actuaries chart evidence of climate change

    01 December 2016

    North American climate change tool finds more occurrence of extreme weather

  • Allianz rejects M&A, until prices more reasonable

    30 November 2016

    German insurer says industry lifeboat facility not there for systemic failures

  • Bank of England warns on procyclicality of unit-linked products and risk margin

    30 November 2016

    Unit-linked products have similar liquidity risks to open ended investment funds

  • London insurers outline four Brexit concerns

    30 November 2016

    Solvency II equivalence should remain, says IUA

  • Dutch regulator warns on risk of mortgage investments

    29 November 2016

    Greater scrutiny amid booming allocations to non-securitised mortgages

  • Estimate for US asbestos losses shoots up to $100bn

    29 November 2016

    Industry reports more than $2bn additional losses per year

  • Storms and floods drive increase in natural catastrophe risk

    29 November 2016

    Catastrophes five times more damaging to emerging economies, Moody's finds

  • Insurers attempt compromise on EU and US accounting for ICS [CORRECTED]

    29 November 2016

    "Own assets with guardrails" approach merges elements of MAV with GAAP+