Prudential has delayed the issue of details of its $21 bn cash call, because it has failed to reach agreement with the FSA on its capital position.
Prudential's largest shareholder, the Capital Group, is eying a potential break-up of the insurer as a radical alternative to its $35.5bn AIA acquisition.
Royal London's Andrea Williams has begun reducing her fund's exposure to banks in favour of insurance companies.
Swiss Re has sold part of its US life insurance business to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway for 1.3bn Swiss francs (£778m).
Aviva has acquired US equity manager River Road Asset Management as it looks to grow its institutional business and expand in the US market.
Standard Life has named group finance director David Nish as successor to group chief executive Sir Sandy Crombie from 1 January 2010.