Insurance Consulting Articles

TROIKA – UK’s first Insurance Sector Consortium launched to provide Independent model Validation Assurance for Solvency II
May 2012
Three specialist insurance sector consultants have joined forces to help (re)insurance companies prepare for Solvency II. The alliance known as TROIKA , comprises Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s leading ...

Barnett Waddingham survey reveals low confidence in Solvency II implementation date
May 2012
Over three quarters of insurance companies believe that the Solvency II implementation date will be delayed beyond its intended start date of 1 January 2014, according to research conducted by Barnett...

Barnett Waddingham comments on the FSA's Solvency II conference
February 2012
Barnett Waddingham comments on the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) Solvency II conference where the regulator made some key announcements and comments about Solvency II implementation dates and t...

UK Government's consultation paper on its proposed approach to implementing the European Court of Justice’s EU Gender Directive ruling
December 2011
On the 8 December 2011, the UK Government published a consultation paper on its proposed approach to implementing the European Court of Justice’s EU Gender Directive ruling into law and its views on h...

Solvency 2 to be delayed until 1 January 2014
August 2011
Commenting on the draft report from the European Parliament's Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs on the European Commission’s proposal to delay the “Omnibus 2" Solvency 2 directive deadline by...

John O'Neill comments on the Mooted Delay to Solvency II Implementation
June 2011
Commenting on the mooted delay to Solvency II implementation, John O'Neill , head of Insurance Consulting Practice at Barnett Waddingham, said: “The date is almost certain to be pushed back to accommo...

Barnett Waddingham appointed by three General Insurers
June 2011
Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s largest independent firm of actuaries and consultants, has recently won three new General Insurance appointments to advise Hampshire County Council, Bestpark International...

Life Expectancy - Gene Theory
June 2011
Catherine Love Soper considers the impact of genetic testing on life expectancy in this Pensions World article. In a nutshell, her article highlights that: we are undergoing a gene revolution and the ...

The SME view of QIS5
April 2011
After the fifth quantitative impact study (QIS5), what are the issues facing small and medium-sized insurers? A survey by Barnett Waddingham, in which most respondents were from this sector, gave a gl...

Full implementation of Solvency II by Jan 2013 ‘unlikely'
April 2011
Actuarial firm Barnett Waddingham believes that full implementation of Solvency II is unlikely to occur in the UK by the scheduled January 2013 implementation date. It believes that the UK’s Financial...