Analysis

• ICS: the gift that nobody wants

  23 December 2020

  The Insurance Capital Standard continues to be a source of controversy. If the IAIS thought the global capital rule had satisfied at last year's Abu Dhabi meet, they will need to think again. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Gabriel Bernardino on four important Solvency II reforms

  22 December 2020

  The chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority talks to Christopher Cundy about the main proposals to amend Solvency II and what they hope to achieve

  

• Eiopa under fire over Solvency II review proposals

  18 December 2020

  The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) published its long-awaited final thoughts on the Solvency II review this week. However, facets of the industry and beyond are distinctly unimpressed with the proposals, as Paul Walsh reports

  

• Eiopa's Solvency II reforms: balance restored

  17 December 2020

  The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has published its final thoughts on how Solvency II should be reformed. Christopher Cundy guides you through the proposals

  

• Mutuals' deferred shares could have saved LV= from demutualising

  15 December 2020

  With the British life insurer planning to demutualise with the £530m sale of its business, Cintia Cheong talks to AFM chief Martin Shaw about the prospects for the mutual sector in the UK

  

• ICS capital calculations: onerous, uncertain, but growing in relevance

  14 December 2020

  The global Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) requires yet more modelling work for insurers and some of its rules for calculating capital are vague. It's currently a low priority for insurers and investors, but UK firms in particular should watch closely. Christopher Cundy reports

  

• Regulators highlight dividends, Brexit and Solvency II as key topics for 2021

  10 December 2020

  German, Irish and British regulators discussed their top concerns for 2021 at InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference last week. Cintia Cheong reports

  

• US pandemic insurance: in defence of Pria

  08 December 2020

  A battle has erupted between industry and regulatory groups on how best to insure the pandemic in the US. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who came up with the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act, believes industry must shoulder its fair share of the burden. She speaks to Sarfraz Thind

  

• The Solvency II 2020 review: three changes insurers hope to see

  07 December 2020

  With the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) on the verge of delivering its final advice on reforms to Solvency II, the industry and other stakeholders have outlined some changes they wish to see. Paul Walsh reports

  

• Western & Southern's Todd Henderson: a year for living safely

  03 December 2020

  Western & Southern's CRO says he is happy to be boring. Yet the work he has done in 2020 has been anything but. He talks to Sarfraz Thind about negotiating the Covid-19 pandemic and discusses the risks for both underwriting and assets