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  • Convex group's investment income soars as 93% fixed income focus pays off

    26 July 2024

    Bermudian insurer made "modest" additions to credit and equity positions last year, its FCR said

  • PRA consulting with insurers on implementation of "sandbox" to test MA eligibility

    25 April 2024

    No consensus yet on what sandbox would look like, BoE says

  • Bank of England opens consultation on MA reforms

    28 September 2023

    PRA hopes to boost investments in the UK

  • Chart of the week - Are insurers a worthwhile investment?

    04 August 2023

    Insurers themselves seem to think 'largely not', as relative stock performance proves variable

  • Falling investments sends Australian health firms' profits down 33%

    01 March 2023

    Medibank singles out "manager underperformance" in property mandate

  • UK industry practitioners "quite worried" about PRA powers in reformed Solvency II

    24 November 2022

    WTW spells out its wide-ranging thoughts on Solvency II in/for the UK

  • Moody's spells out illiquid investment exposure of UK insurers

    24 June 2022

    Allocations will grow to underpin more bulk purchase annuity work, ratings agency predicts

  • PRA "not seeking to tilt playing field" in MA investment reform, Charlotte Gerken argues

    14 June 2022

    Insurers assuming credit risk, while shedding underwriting risk

  • Comment - Are UK CIOs out of the Woods on climate change?

    25 May 2022

    Bank of England delivers CIOs findings from its climate stress test, without too much stress

  • Climate change could drag insurers' profits down by 15%, warns PRA chief

    24 May 2022

    Sam Woods emphasises green capital charges not way to tackle risk