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Axa and Beazley agree London skyscraper tenancy
10 October 2018Insurer will take 50,000 sq metres of office space in 62-storey building that will be completed late next year
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Rothesay Life buys £860m in equity release mortgages
28 September 2018Assets from collapsed Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley will sell for net loss with sale price heavily discounted over NNEG
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Equity release mortgages: stopping the roof falling in
09 August 2018The Prudential Regulation Authority has shaken up life insurers by proposing new assumptions around the valuation of ERMs. The more prudent approach seeks to avoid a potential disaster if house prices stagnate or crash, but the impact on insurers could be serious. Christopher Cundy reports
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Carlyle acquires 19.9% of AIG’s reinsurance unit
01 August 2018And takes on $6bn asset management portfolio as part of the deal
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Beazley half year investment returns slide to $8m
20 July 2018Rising US interest rates impacted the insurer’s bond portfolio
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How regulatory data can unlock the door to competitive advantage
26 June 2018The data in Solvency II quantitative reporting templates can be used to gain insight and edge, David Walker reports.
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Allianz secures £350m student housing partnership
25 June 2018Latest in a series of UK partnerships for Allianz’s property arm
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Argentina woes: if you get all tangled up, just tango on
19 June 2018Soaring interest rates and economic turmoil are causing problems for Argentine insurers, and they must also adapt to new rules preventing them from investing in their favourite financial instrument. Vincent Huck reports
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Insurers' shift into private credit sparks evolution in internal rating capabilities
04 June 2018With insurers showing greater appetite for private credit, authorities are keen to ensure firms are applying robust credit risk assessments – but the lack of rating agencies in the space is giving regulators and insurers a headache. Asa Gibson reports.
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Lloyd's syndicates investment bill jumps 33%
31 May 2018Returns also rose in 2017 thanks to conservative allocation to equity and risk assets