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Time to adopt ICS, conclude AM comparable
14 October 2024The deadline to adopt the Insurance Capital Standard is fast approaching and a crucial decision on comparability with the US Aggregation Method awaits. ACLI's Mariana Gomez-Vock argues it is time for supervisors to resolve their differences
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Monument Re gets Bermuda approval to use scenario-based approach
01 August 2024Life reinsurer's solvency ratio rose in 2023 from 167% to 174%
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Countries to begin assessing Insurance Capital Standard implementation in 2026 - UPDATED
28 June 2024Latest version of ICS published ahead of finalisation later this year
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Hong Kong regulator agrees to RBC concessions after industry consultation
26 April 2024But Insurance Authority rebuffs requests for change to capital amounts and actuarial appointments
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"Resilient" ICS will pass despite obstacles
25 April 2024But IAIS will have to satisfy US demands to get Insurance Capital Standard done, say ex-regulators
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Bermuda's tax bomb is a boon, says Karel Van Hulle
26 February 2024From new tax rules to an ever-expanding life market, Bermuda is in a transformational phase. Karel Van Hulle, the father of Solvency II and a BMA board member, tells Sarfraz Thind why these changes will do the market good
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Brighthouse's RBC ratio rises after new hedging valuation rules
13 February 2024US life insurer implemented updates to VM-21 in Q4 2023
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Thabile Nyaba: tackling poverty, climate risk and diversity in South Africa
09 January 2024Old Mutual Insure's chief risk and sustainability officer explains how poverty, climate risk and geopolitics are impacting South Africa's insurance market. Nevertheless, she says there are many opportunities for insurers. Ronan McCaughey writes
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MAS's Daniel Wang on Singapore's insurance challenge
04 December 2023The head of the insurance department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) talks to Sarfraz Thind about tackling global risks and how the country is leveraging its climate expertise to shine on the world stage
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ICS remains stuck in the transatlantic rift
16 October 2023Thomas Sullivan, ex-Federal Reserve insurance chief, talks to Sarfraz Thind about his fight against the imposition of "European" capital standards on US markets