Archive

  • How insurers can make the most of their liquid assets

    07 June 2018

    Christelle Ybanez explains why cash doesn't have to be the problem child, and how insurers can generate extra income from their liquid assets without increasing their investment risk

  • UK equity release mortgages receive 'not risky' Fitch rating

    07 June 2018

    ERMs enable lending insurers to match their long-term liabilities, Fitch Ratings says

  • Axa IMRA appoints UK head of asset management from Australia

    07 June 2018

    Justin Travlos to replace Dorrien Thomas in 2019

  • Legal & General to fund University of Lincoln student blocks

    06 June 2018

    £25.6m investment aims to develop 301 student rooms

  • Trade associations call for more ambitious STS securitisation framework

    06 June 2018

    Capital charges should be further reduced for non-senior tranches

  • Nippon Life invests in sustainable equity fund

    05 June 2018

    The insurer’s wholly-owned asset management unit will oversee the fund

  • Aon commits to the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance

    05 June 2018

    It is the first insurance broker to sign up to the principles

  • 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

  • CFDs and binary options have no place in unit-linked contracts

    04 June 2018

    Eiopa’s statement follows action by Esma to restrict such products

  • Provinzial NordWest picks Moody’s Analytics modelling technology

    04 June 2018

    The three selected tools will be used for actuarial valuations and investment analysis