capital management

Capital management in UK insurance focuses on optimising the quantity and quality of capital under Solvency II, ensuring that firms maintain sufficient buffers while still delivering attractive returns to shareholders and supporting growth. Finance, actuarial, and risk teams work together on capital planning, reinsurance optimisation, investment strategy, and potential capital actions, using tools such as internal models, stress testing, and risk‑adjusted performance metrics to inform decisions and satisfy both regulatory and rating‑agency stakeholders.

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UK broking groups are starting to buy their own EU insurers
Owning the carrier offers more control over European placements, but puts broking, underwriting and insurance capital under the same roof
UK broking groups are starting to buy their own EU insurers
Facultative reinsurance shifts from backstop to growth lever
Brokers report insurers are leaning on facultative reinsurance to fund expansion and manage capital
Facultative reinsurance shifts from backstop to growth lever
Insurance moves: Lycetts, Broadstone, Xceedance and ACORD
Four appointments span rural specialist e-trading, pension risk transfer advisory, London Market operations infrastructure, and the ACORD board member specifically tasked with Lloyd's Velonetic re-platforming
Insurance moves: Lycetts, Broadstone, Xceedance and ACORD
Insurance moves: Miller, Hampden Risk, Brecon, Willis, Pinion, QuestGates, more
Seven appointments span Bermuda property capacity, Lloyd's intelligent follow, cyber claims leadership with dual legal-and-adjusting qualification, and a new active assailant underwriting desk at Clearwater
Insurance moves: Miller, Hampden Risk, Brecon, Willis, Pinion, QuestGates, more
Insurance moves: Arch Insurance, RiverStone and Sedgwick
A fresh set of senior moves spans long-tail underwriting, legacy risk management and Nordic claims leadership
Insurance moves: Arch Insurance, RiverStone and Sedgwick
Texel Group signs MoU with Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector
Deal highlights London's continued strength in credit and political risk insurance
Texel Group signs MoU with Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector
Insurance moves: Markel, Euna, and Broadstone
W&I claims surge, NHS pressure and credit risk demand drive specialist hires across UK market
Insurance moves: Markel, Euna, and Broadstone
Overseas earnings power Tokio Marine to record fiscal 2025
With domestic non-life profit slipping, the Japanese giant is leaning harder on US and Brazilian growth
Overseas earnings power Tokio Marine to record fiscal 2025
West of England P&I builds capital buffer
The company has reported a 98.0% combined ratio, record free reserves and its best investment return in more than a decade
West of England P&I builds capital buffer
Fidelis completes rebrand to Pelagos Insurance Capital
Timing aligns with a notable shift in underwriting performance
Fidelis completes rebrand to Pelagos Insurance Capital
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