PRA’s PS18/26 Cuts Solvency UK Branch Reporting From Three Years to One
PRA's Solvency UK reporting overhaul cuts branch data years, moves MALIR to XBRL and resets the annuity baseline to 31 December 2026 for insurers.
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Nicolas Martin
Senior reporter at InsuraBeat covering commercial and property & casualty markets, M&A, and underwriting performance across Europe and North America. Twelve years in the industry: started as an analyst on the broker side at a global reinsurance intermediary placing casualty and specialty risks for European corporates, then five years on the underwriting side at a Tier-1 European insurer, last managing D&O and cyber portfolios. Holds a Master in Reinsurance Economics and Capital Markets from the Kwang-Hwa Institute of Financial Sciences (Taipei) and is a CFA charterholder. Writes from Paris, on US morning markets.
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