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  • Hard Brexit risks leaving UK insurers on a 'capital cliff edge'

    12 February 2019

    As a no-deal Brexit hovers over the financial industry like the sword of Damocles, sovereign holdings could be a bigger risk for the solvency positions of UK insurers' than for their European rivals. The Association of British Insurers wants the regulator to act, and fast

  • ESMA and Bank of England agree deal in event of no-deal Brexit

    04 February 2019

    UKs central bank to give EU regulator ‘immediate access to info on central counterparties and central securities depositary

  • Lords call for end of RPI's unwarranted windfalls in blow to insurers’ investments

    29 January 2019

    Transition to a CPI linker market is gaining traction, according to an enquiry by the UK House of Lords, but any changes would shift the balance between winners and losers, and some like Legal & General Investment Management are keen to keep the status quo, Adam Leach reports.

  • RPI-linked gilts should be scrapped, say Lords

    18 January 2019

    Flaw in inflation-indexes methodology has led to recommendation from UK Parliament's upper house

  • Global economic growth solid but the best is over

    20 November 2018

    Swiss Re chief economist warns of trade wars and central bank policy errors

  • UK insurers face full risk-weighting of EU assets post-Brexit

    12 October 2018

    Six key amendments identified in UK’s post Brexit Solvency II

  • UK insurers safe from 'hard Brexit' house price falls

    14 September 2018

    Insurance Risk Data reveals profile of residential investments

  • Equity-release mortgage lending "a scandal like Equitable Life"

    07 August 2018

    Durham University professor warns of major errors in insurers' valuation

  • UK insurers could be forced to disclose climate risk by 2022

    04 June 2018

    A UK parliamentary committee has called on government to act if regulators fail on implementing climate risk disclosures. While some witnesses highlighted to the committee the insurers' exposure to climate-related risk, some pointed out that thanks to Solvency II rules they might be ahead of the game. Michael Hurley and Vincent Huck report

  • Private markets: end of the credit cycle, start of a new era?

    04 June 2018

    Insurers have increasingly invested in private assets in recent years to counter the low yield environment. But as we enter the later stages of the credit cycle, questions are being raised on whether private assets were tactical short-term choices, or if insurers have fully embraced these asset classes. Vincent Huck reports