Canada Life Buy-in Signals UK Bulk Annuity Market’s Next Leg of De-risking
UK bulk purchase annuity market hit a record 367 deals in 2025, yet volume fell to £38.2bn as competition drove insurers into smaller schemes…
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Aegon Confirms New York HQ and Overhauls Leadership in US Pivot
Aegon New York headquarters set to open mid-2027. Will Fuller takes President & COO role Jan 2027. Redomiciliation as Transamerica Inc. completed Jan 2028.
Turaco’s Policy Sprint Reframes Microinsurance as Priceable Credit Risk
Microinsurance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Turaco ASA LifeCare enrolls 500,000 policies in four months; insured borrowers 60% less likely to default on loans.
APRA Sets Minimum Expectations for Insurer Readiness to Geopolitical Shocks
Geopolitical risk governance: APRA's June 2026 letter sets six board-accountable minimum expectations for insurers, banks and super funds — anchored to CPS 230, no…
EIOPA 2025 Annual Report: Ten Years of Solvency II Under Pressure
Solvency II turns ten with EU insurers posting solid SCR ratios, but EIOPA's 2025 Annual Report flags hundreds of billions in private credit exposure,…
Bulgaria Pulls DallBogg Licence as EIOPA’s Escalation Model Faces First Full Test
EIOPA enforcement reached its terminal stage on 9 June 2026 as Bulgaria's FSC withdrew DallBogg's insurance licence — the first full-sequence test of the…
Allianz Group 2025 SFCR: A Decade of Portfolio Shift as Government Bonds Halved and CIU Hits €255bn
Allianz 2025 SFCR: government bonds halved to EUR 97bn over a decade. The EUR 255bn CIU headline is largely a Solvency II reclassification artefact…
Nine of Ten Largest EU Insurers Lift Solvency Ratios in 2025 as the UK Goes the Other Way
Nine of ten largest EU Solvency II groups strengthened SCR ratios in 2025 (aggregate 228% vs 218%) as eligible own funds outran SCR growth,…
3IF Ventures Closes $12m First Round to Back Africa’s Inclusive Insurance Infrastructure Layer
3IF Ventures closes $12m first round — anchored by FSD Africa ($6m), Swiss Re Foundation ($5m) and Zep Re — to fund embedded insurance…
PayPay Bets ¥134B on Life Insurance With T&D Financial Life, Mirroring China’s Fintech-Insurer Playbook
PayPay Corp acquires 70.2% of T&D Financial Life for ¥134.34B — converting Japan's 74-million-user payment platform into a life insurance distribution engine targeting the…