News

  • UK insurers launch legal challenge against damages discount rate review

    19 December 2016

    "Reckless and wrong" to proceed at this time, says ABI

  • Fairfax to take over Allied World for $4.9bn

    19 December 2016

    Allied World managers' roles unchanged

  • Australian regulator mulls shake-up to health insurance risk standards

    19 December 2016

    Apra intends applying common insurance risk standard framework

  • Use of Solvency II long-term guarantees in EU revealed

    16 December 2016

    852 firms using volatility adjustment, while just 38 using matching adjustment

  • Eiopa stress test reveals UK reliance on long-term guarantees package

    16 December 2016

    UK insurers' solvency drops to 51% on purer market-consistent basis

  • Eiopa to take action on life guarantees after stress test reveals vulnerabilities

    15 December 2016

    Combined low rates and double hit scenario wipe €260bn off EU insurers' balance sheets

  • Danish regulator demands insurers report on handling of big data

    15 December 2016

    Insurers must assess boards' abilities and internal controls

  • PRA offers few concessions in update to TMTP rules

    15 December 2016

    No automatic recalculations and no benefit from changes in best estimate assumptions

  • Insured losses rise by a third after increase in natural disaster costs

    15 December 2016

    SwissRe research highlights protection gap has grown to $109bn

  • Scor increases contingent capital by €100m

    15 December 2016

    Switches from UBS to BNP Paribas