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Excluding terrorism risk?
25 September 2014As the US Congress debates the latest renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, fears about expiration are stronger than before, with divisions over state v private sector responsibilities for insurance risk threatening the previous consensus. Hugo Coelho examines
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Catastrophe models - is one ever enough?
23 September 2014Finding the right balance between sharing resources related to natural catastrophes and competing over such information continues to be a sticky issue for the Lloyd's market, according to Michael Tripp
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Data crunching
18 September 2014The proliferation of so-called 'Big data' as a result of the growth of the internet and the advance of tracking technologies offers great potential for the insurance market, but is not without its challenges, as Marcus Alcock found at the Monte Carlo Rendez Vous
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Bracing for the liquidity squeeze
16 September 2014The push by regulators for the central clearing of derivatives is a serious issue for life insurers that rely on swaps for duration matching. As Hugo Coelho explores, they could be vulnerable to cash collateral calls if interest rates spike
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Reaching the capital summit
11 September 2014On the eve of this year's Monte Carlo Rendez Vous, Marcus Alcock dips his finger into the reinsurance market waters and assesses the temperature with regard to capital, catastrophes and pricing
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Taking some pain out of IFRS 4
09 September 2014The overlaps in terms of data requirements, processes and modelling between the new insurance accounting standard IFRS 4 and Solvency II are considerable and should give some cheer to insurers, argue KPMG's Danny Clark, Peter Ott and Viviane Leflaive
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Border crossing?
04 September 2014Scotland-based insurance companies have drawn up contingency plans ahead of the referendum on independence. In the event of a 'yes' vote they could even move south of the border, as Hugo Coelho reports
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Optimising capital in a Solvency II world
02 September 2014The introduction of Solvency II will bring about both challenges and opportunities from a capital management perspective. Here Sinead Clarke, Scott Mitchell and Eamonn Phelan consider how corporate and portfolio restructuring may be used to optimise capital management under the new regime
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Eiopa to receive more powers - insurers to pay?
28 August 2014The European Commission's recent proposals to increase the power and change the funding sources of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority have raised more than a few eyebrows. Marcus Alcock reports
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Will EWIs make internal models redundant?
26 August 2014The UK's Prudential Regulation Authority continues to press ahead with the use of early warning indicators. Here Simon Yeung examines their usefulness in the face of criticism that they could in effect make internal models themselves surplus to requirements.
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