Archive

  • Fitch predicts third £40bn+ year for UK BPA market

    17 April 2025

    Insurers' increasing exposure to illiquid and private assets a "key focus" for the agency

  • PartnerRe life and health business joins ABI

    17 April 2025

    Reinsurer appointed Mike Huff from TIAA as its new chief investment officer in August last year

  • Japanese lifers looking for a beacon in the equity markets storm

    16 April 2025

    With trade wars sending markets haywire, and equities being the highest risk in insurers' investment portfolios, investment and risk teams are holding firm, in the hope of a window of blue sky

  • Just Group sticking with fixed cashflow assets in MA portfolios, SFCR says

    14 April 2025

    Solvency UK reforms have been a 24-month tailwind for group's capital overall

  • Rothesay reports "immaterial" impact on investments from Solvency UK MA reforms, so far

    14 April 2025

    UK lifer branched into French home loans in 2024

  • Pension Insurance Corporation reveals MA asset breakdown in SFCR

    14 April 2025

    Market risk continued dominating group's total SCR in 2024

  • NAIC aims to develop due diligence framework for US insurers' use of ratings agencies

    10 April 2025

    Regulator plans to reduce "blind reliance" on external ratings

  • PRA launches consultation on creation of Matching Adjustment Investment Accelerator

    08 April 2025

    Proposal aims to ensure insurers don't miss out on investment opportunities while waiting for full MA permission

  • Comment: China's regulator picks one helluva day, to promote Chinese insurers' shareholdings

    08 April 2025

    The 'average' insurer will be able to have up to 30% in shares under new rules

  • Chinese regulator raises insurers' equity ratio limits and VC fund ceilings

    08 April 2025

    "National strategic emerging industries" are in the NFRA's sights