Capgemini Research Institute's newly published report on the future of the global life insurance industry poses some existential dilemmas...
In an effort to address the issue of chronic underinvestment in the UK, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt recently suggested that defined...
The 2015 Pensions Freedoms ushered-in a new era for the Drawdown product as the pre-eminent instrument of decumulation for UK retirees. ...
On 15th June the Bank of England's Insurance Supervisor published an open letter to the industry, in which it cited a number of...
After a year of financial market volatility and economic uncertainty, annuity offerings have seen their attractiveness surge for the...
The search for Illiquidity Premium by long duration investors continues unabated, with latest PRA figures suggesting a steady but...
Insurers are of course, in a unique position to manage societal change because they underwrite trillions of dollars in climate related...
For bond managers, March came in like a lion and went out like a lamb – but there was nothing seasonal about the markets at the end of...
In my last note we saw how - contrary to popular wisdom - life insurers will be impacted more on their investment portfolios than by...
Mercer has predicted that the global economy could grow at on trend levels, showing signs of recovery from the 2019 slowdown caused by...
Swiss Re's decision to postpone the planned IPO of its UK life and pensions insurance consolidator ReAssure, was met with surprise by...
It's been a year since my last post concerning the swift pace of events at Aberdeen Standard Investments, 'Widows Decision Highlights the...