News

Liberty Syndicate 4472 Doing Rather Well

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has reported that Syndicate 4472 achieved pre-tax operating income for 2021 of £89.7m (2020: £157.1m). The Syndicate achieved a combined operating ratio of 89.4% compared […]

News

AXA Results 2021: Earnings Up 61%

The latest financials from AXA are looking good, here’s some comment from Thomas Burberl, CEO; “AXA delivered an excellent performance in 2021 on all fronts. We have significantly transformed and simplified the Group in recent […]

News

What’s Going On With That LV & Royal London Deal?

Very good question. Lots of Liverpool Victoria policyholders were hoping that fellow mutual Royal London would acquire the business, thus maintaining the traditional mutual with-profits policy model. But that utopian dream seems more unlikely today […]

Global insurance trends

WTW Looks at With-Profits Policy Market

An increasing number of insurers are taking steps to rationalise their with-profits products and funds in order to simplify complex portfolios and address associated rising costs, according to a new industry study by WTW (Willis Towers Watson, […]

Opinion

Royal London Deal Probably Best Way Forward For LV Mutual Membership

We missed this one from the 10th December, but it’s worth looking at now. After the Christmas break IE expects a resolution to this thorny question of mutuality at LV’s Life policy book. Either the […]