Aon Benfield, global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor for Aon Corp., has released figures from a survey it conducted at its International Analytics conference that reveal 60 percent of all European insurers believe 2014 would be a better starting date for Solvency II. Europe's foremost insurance underwriters, reinsurance managers and senior analytics experts have expressed doubt that EU regulators are ready to implement the new capital regime.

The European Commission has given its approval for MetLife's purchase of AIG subsidiaries American Life Insurance Company (ALICO) and Delaware American Life Insurance Company (DelAm), as part of MetLife's takeover of AIG's international life insurance business. MetLife's…