Solvency II News

XL Group’s Shareholders Approve Move to Bermuda from Ireland

XL Group plc announced that its ordinary shareholders have approved a scheme of arrangement that will change the place of incorporation of the ultimate parent holding company to Bermuda from Ireland, which is expected to be completed in the third …

Ongoing Soft Market Tops Reinsurers’ Concerns: Xuber Survey

Soft market conditions continue to be the biggest concern for the industry, followed by regulation, competition from third party capital, low investment returns, cyber crime and maintaining underwriting discipline, according to a survey completed by Xuber, the insurance software business …

Delta Lloyd to Raise $226M with Sale of Stake in Van Lanschot

Delta Lloyd NV may raise as much as 198.4 million euros ($226 million) through the sale of its stake in wealth manager Van Lanschot NV after shares were priced at 16 euros apiece. The offering size was 180 million euros …

Solvency II Will Increase Reinsurance Buying Demand: Fitch

Solvency II will increase insurers’ demand for reinsurance products as they seek to strengthen their capital positions via risk transfer, according to a report published by Fitch Ratings. Reinsurance can help reduce volatility or improve the certainty of cash flows, …

U.S.-EU Continue Talks on Insurance Regulation Covered Agreement

Trade representatives for the United States and the European Union, who met May 24 and 25 to negotiate a bilateral covered agreement on regulations for insurers and reinsurers, on Friday issued a joint statement indicating they have not reached a …

Delta Lloyd to Sell 30.2% Stake in Wealth Manager Van Lanschot to Raise Capital

Delta Lloyd NV started selling its entire 30.2 percent stake in wealth manager Van Lanschot NV as part of the insurer’s plan to boost capital. A total of 11.3 million existing depository receipts of Van Lanschot are on sale at …

Dutch Insurer NN Group Plans to Buy Back Shares Worth $559 Million

NN Group NV, the second-biggest Dutch insurer, said it will buy back as much as 500 million euros ($559 million) of shares over the 12 months from June as it returns excess capital to investors. First-quarter operating profit was little …

Aegon, Transamerica Owner, Sells $4.4B UK Annuity Portfolio to Legal & General

Aegon NV, the Dutch owner of U.S. insurer Transamerica Corp., divested the final 3 billion pounds ($4.4 billion) of annuities from its U.K. portfolio to Legal & General Group Plc. The transaction, which covers 27,000 policyholders, will release another 275 …

Delta Lloyd’s Solvency II Ratio Declines to 127% on Fall in Interest Rates

Delta Lloyd NV, the Dutch insurer that last month completed a rights offer to shore up its capital buffers, said its ability to absorb losses weakened in the first quarter. The Solvency II ratio, a measure of an insurer’s strength …

Allianz Q1 Profit Rises 21% to $2.5B, Helped by Gains from Selling Investments

Allianz SE said first-quarter profit surged 21 percent, beating analysts’ estimates, as Europe’s biggest insurer was helped by gains from selling investments. The shares rose. Net income climbed to 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) from 1.8 billion euros [$2.1 billion] …