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25 February 2026 - by Adél Drew, Matthew Ford, Khadija Gasimova
We present insights shared during a January 2026 roundtable with UK risk and sustainability professionals as they navigate the PRA's latest climate supervisory statement.
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25 July 2025 - by Claire Booth, Jessica Crowson, Matthew Ford, Florin Ginghina
We discuss the state of the UK PRT market, rates and spreads, innovation, regulatory developments, and other issues for insurers.
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18 July 2025 - by Matthew Ford, Mirakh Modasia, Diya Pittie, Russell Ward
UK bulk purchase annuity (BPA) insurers have increased their target allocations to illiquid assets, according to our fourth annual survey of the sector.
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01 May 2025 - by Matthew Ford, Florin Ginghina
We provide an overview of the MAIA, and comment on the proposals and possible commercial implications of CP7/25.
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17 July 2024 - by Robert Bugg, Christopher Clarke, Matthew Ford, John Jenkins, Chew Hou Ng
We offer some key takeaways for insurers on the Prudential Regulation Authority’s Consultation Paper 2/24.
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05 July 2024 - by Tony Dardis, Matthew Ford, Andrew Kirk, Bryan Liu, Hanbo Zhang
In an uncertain global economy, capital models and monitoring have recently held up well, with a wider range of performance for ALM and liquidity models.
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25 June 2024 - by Florin Ginghina, Matthew Ford, Jessica Crowson
With bulk purchase annuity transactions, insurers must carry out thorough due diligence and determine their risk appetite for deals with unusual features.
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20 May 2024 - by Matthew Ford, Florin Ginghina, Russell Ward
We share findings from our 2024 Illiquid Asset Survey, which covers U.K. insurers in the bulk purchase annuity sector as they adapt approaches to solvency reform.
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23 April 2024 - by Jessica Crowson, Florin Ginghina, Matthew Ford
We offer some themes and insights from SFCR filings by UK bulk annuity insurers for year-end 2023, such as record premium volumes and careful capital deployment.
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16 November 2023 - by Tony Dardis, Matthew Ford, Andrew Kirk, Bryan Liu, Hanbo Zhang
In a rapidly changing world, how have life insurers recalibrated their capital management, asset-liability management, and risk-management practices?