Analysis

• Are Belgian life insurance lapses lethal?

  03 March 2016

  EU regulators have warned that surrenders are creating liquidity risk for the Belgian life insurance sector, but is there more to the scary headline figures? Hugo Coelho reports

• PRA handcuffed by equivalence in brexit scenario

  01 March 2016

  Third-country status could cost UK insurers, Asa Gibson reports

• "No one likes volatility - it is a natural reaction"

  25 February 2016

  Doug Caldwell, chief risk officer of NN Group, tells Hugo Coelho about the capital management under the evolving Solvency II framework

• Risk qualifications stir up debate on CRO's role

  23 February 2016

  Attempts to professionalise risk management through certification schemes have reopened discussions about the evolving role of the chief risk officer. Asa Gibson reports

• The Solvency II reform wish list

  18 February 2016

  How should the EU regulation be changed to encourage economic growth, remove unnecessary burdens, inconsistencies and unintended consequences? InsuranceERM analyses the responses to the Commission's call for evidence

• Valuation issues persist for PPOs

  11 February 2016

  Periodical payment orders may be an established part of the UK motor insurance claims landscape but methods for reserving for them are still uncertain, as Rob Treen explains

• Breaking down blockchain

  09 February 2016

  Talk about blockchain is reaching fever pitch in financial circles and applications for insurers are beginning to emerge. But confusion is rife and is clouding innovation, as Asa Gibson reports

• Germany hits the brakes on its €32bn ZZR

  04 February 2016

  The ballooning level of additional interest rate reserves has prompted reforms to the rules, but few insurers took advantage in 2015. Hugo Coelho reports

• ERM: the common theme to the new world of insurance regulation

  02 February 2016

  Rick Marx, Tom Ward and Mark Watson suggest how the pursuit of enterprise risk management can help US insurers find value in the mountain of regulations

• Insurers bid to shrink the list of systemically important firms

  28 January 2016

  Martin Boer, director of regulatory affairs at Institute of International Finance, talks to Hugo Coelho about proposed changes in the methodology to designate insurers as global systemically important