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Booming BPA market is reshaping insurer's investment appetites, PRA's Truran says
29 April 2026The PRA is adapting its supervisory approach as the UK BPA market expands, and insurer's investment strategies shift towards private markets and illiquid assets
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PRA reveals plans for dealing with asset intensive reinsurance
29 April 2026UK regulator cites private credit risk in deals, among reasons it is acting
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Comment: Why German pension reform might spell bad news for UCITs managers
28 April 2026With private credit and retail funds, fee structures will diverge for life insurers
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German insurers welcome seismic pension reform - with caveats
27 April 2026Germany's Riester Rente system was certainly in need of change, but practitioners aren't wholly convinced what's coming quite fits the bill...
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Chart of the week: Chinese state insurers' investment returns jump after year of equity push
24 April 2026New China Life's return on investment grew 35% in 2025
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S&P warns SII reforms could spur more private credit investments
23 April 2026Agency to monitor rising exposure to private credit, despite low relative allocation levels currently
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PRA highlights FundedRe and Stress Test in 2026/27 Business Plan priorities
20 April 2026Dynamic Stress Test for General Insurers (DyGIST) exercise to be conducted in 2026 H1
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Chart of the Week: The UK Matching Adjustment reveals its full value
17 April 2026Solvency II, then Solvency UK, have delivered a £720.6bn capital benefit to UK lifers
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Matching adjustment: A near-£1trn weight off UK lifers' backs since 2016
16 April 2026The £78.8bn capital relief in 2025 was not the highest annual total since 2016
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Last year's MA capital relief surpasses alleviation for UK life firms in 2024
15 April 2026In past three years MA delivered £235bn of benefits to UK industry