Insights
Notes from the desk.
Short, opinionated pieces from across our practices. Written by the people who would lead your engagement.
Life Insurance Regulation
Matching Adjustment after Solvency UK reform
Wider asset eligibility is welcome, but the attestation regime puts the CRO in the spotlight. What does a credible MA attestation look like?
Risk & Compliance
Operational resilience: from mapping to evidence
With the March 2025 deadline behind us, supervisors are now testing whether firms can actually stay within impact tolerances.
Life Insurance Regulation
IFRS 17 — moving from project to steady state
Two reporting cycles in, most life insurers are simplifying close timetables and revisiting CSM run-off assumptions. Here is what is working.
Process Reengineering
Five interventions that take five days off your close
A pragmatic playbook drawn from recent client engagements — none of them require a system replacement.
Advice on Capital
Reinsurance as capital: when it really pays
Funded reinsurance has come under increased PRA scrutiny. We look at where it still adds genuine economic value.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Planning a Part VII: realistic timelines in 2025
Court diaries, independent expert capacity and PRA review windows mean 18 months is now the working assumption.
Strategic Delivery
Rescuing a stalled actuarial programme
Three early signals that a transformation has lost momentum — and what to do in the first 30 days.