Key policy rates, government bond yields, credit spreads, currencies and inflation for UK & European insurance investors — drawn from authoritative sources, fully attributed, and refreshed daily.
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A volatility adjustment is a credit spread: the regulator measures it on a representative insurer asset portfolio and publishes it monthly, so it is the spread on the assets insurers actually hold.
Sterling volatility adjustment
Delayed
17 bps
▲+1 bps· 1 month
May 24Jul 26
1M▲+1 bps
1Y▼−7 bps
3Y—
Reference period: July 2026 · monthly · spread on a representative insurer asset portfolio
Equity dampener applied to the Solvency II standard-formula equity charge.
Reference period: August 2026
Source: EIOPA
UK Pension Risk Transfer
UK BPA Volume (YTD)
Current
~£18bn
Estimated UK bulk purchase annuity volume, year to date
Reference period: July 2026
Source: IAN Research
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