Regulation

  • Australian lifers' trade body wanted better risk-allowance floor in annuity capital rule re-write

    02 April 2026

    Various annuities stakeholders argued APRA's preference for floor was wrong

  • Challenger argued for securitisations leeway in Australian annuity capital rules re-set

    02 April 2026

    Annuity writer wanted private ratings allowed for non-mainstream asset class

  • Australia's actuaries warned of "material constraint" of annuity writers' access to infra and US private markets

    01 April 2026

    Actuaries Institute's feedback on now-finalised capital framework changes was published this week

  • Danish FSA ordered non-lifer to completely write-down residential property value in 2025

    27 March 2026

    Finanstilsynet published its annual supervisory review yesterday

  • RBC must keep pace with life insurers' taste for emerging assets, new NAIC president says

    24 March 2026

    Scott White also signals push to boost oversight of offshore reinsurance at Spring National Meeting

  • S&P Ratings says foreign units will replace profits from keiretsu sales in Japan

    13 March 2026

    Major non-lifers are still selling down cross shareholdings

  • Decarbonisation is financially worth it, PGIM's Townsend says

    12 March 2026

    While arguing it is a fiduciary duty for the affiliated asset manager

  • Lotte Insurance told to consider asset sales in South Korea

    09 March 2026

    PE-owned firm has been given tougher business improvement plan by regulator

  • Comment - Where to now for Cronos Vita's 112 outsourcing partners?

    04 March 2026

    The now-shuttered Italian life insurer was the lifeboat for Eurovita's business

  • Winners of the 2026 Insurance Asset Risk EMEA awards announced

    03 March 2026

    Aviva Investors takes away three awards this year

  • Chart of the Week - How outsourcing looks in the Cayman Islands

    27 February 2026

    Cayman Islands Monetary Authority examined outsourcing by entities including re/insurers on the islands, spelling out its thoughts last month

  • Capital benefits driving South Korean lifers towards rated APAC private funds, says S&P Global

    26 February 2026

    Fund and acquisition finance highlighted as areas of investment potential in APAC

  • Cayman Islands watchdog publishes outsourcing best practices, and shortcomings

    26 February 2026

    CIMA's report included examination of re/insurers

  • Over half of Cayman Islands' $176bn insurance assets now with reinsurers

    24 February 2026

    Cayman Finance promotes ease of asset manager/re/insurance tie-ups in hub

  • Russian insurers rely on homeland backers for 97% of capital, central bank says

    24 February 2026

    Foreign support drops for second year running, data shows, as war on Ukraine enters fifth year