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• UK lifers unlock £78bn of capital benefits from MA in 2024

  01 May 2025

  Their benefit comprised £34.7bn lower SCRs and £43.4bn higher eligible own funds

• Chart of the Week - UK life insurers' market risk at sub-module level

  11 April 2025

  As equity and bond markets twist and turn, SFCRs reveal which gyrations matter most for UK CIOs

• Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2023 conference round up

  12 June 2023

  The conference was held in London on 12 June and highlighted the investment risks and opportunities facing insurers. Vincent Huck reports

• Chart of the Week - The MA's £482bn 'capital gift' to UK lifers (and their CIOs)

  21 April 2023

  UK infrastructure, gilts and credit on the GA menu for most lifers' MA portfolios

• Phoenix acquires £300m equity release portfolio from Just Group

  02 September 2021

  More equity release activity expected, Phoenix says

• IAR conference speakers call for easing of MA restrictions

  08 July 2019

  Insurers want reduced bureaucracy and greater access to the MA across Europe

• Creating a regulatory and policy environment that supports long-term insurance, part II

  20 June 2019

  At Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference UK and European insurers discuss as part of a panel the pressing regulatory issues challenging their investment. In the second part of this two-part series, they discuss the MA and transition from Libor. Compiled by David Walker

• Creating a regulatory and policy environment that supports long-term insurance

  14 June 2019

  At Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference UK and European insurers discuss the pressing regulatory issues challenging their investments. Compiled by David Walker

• Rothesay Life in $403m US home lease loan

  13 June 2019

  Transaction done via US subsidiary, Rothesay Asset Management

• Investment and risk chiefs likely to face climate risk responsibilities

  12 June 2019

  UK insurer boards have regulatory requirement for accountability on climate risk