Archive

  • Policy risk top of mind for UK insurers

    26 February 2019

    Rothesay Life CFO warns at ABI annual conference

  • Rothesay Life buys £860m in equity release mortgages

    28 September 2018

    Assets from collapsed Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley will sell for net loss with sale price heavily discounted over NNEG

  • How regulatory data can unlock the door to competitive advantage

    26 June 2018

    The data in Solvency II quantitative reporting templates can be used to gain insight and edge, David Walker reports.

  • Rock 'n rolling stock: insurers find an opportunity in railway assets

    11 October 2017

    Having facilitated some £2bn of direct investment in UK rail in less than two years, Rock Rail is helping to ease the industry's infrastructure woes with a steady pipeline of projects insurers can gain direct exposure to. Asa Gibson reports

  • End of the road for ground rents?

    03 August 2017

    Ground rents were talked up as a great diversifier for insurers, with stable and very long term cashflows, but the UK government's consultation paper and media scrutiny in the past week may be a death knell for the asset class. Asa Gibson reports

  • Transition to alternatives helps cut UK annuity pricing

    26 April 2017

    Insurers no longer reliant on corporate bond spreads

  • Rothesay Life and L&G lend to Secure Income REIT

    11 September 2015

    New facilities help firm reduce interest costs and extend maturities

  • Prudential returns to bulk annuity market with £100m buy-in

    11 March 2014

    Deal covers 70% of Church Workers Pension Fund's members

  • Rothesay Life acquires MetLife's UK bulk annuity subsidiary

    18 February 2014

    MetLife Assurance holds around £3bn in assets