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PRA consults on powers to put pressure on parent firms
07 January 2013Open for comment until 1 March
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Dodd-Frank stirs federal action on insurance regulation
03 January 2013As speculation mounts that the Federal Insurance Office will soon release its report on modernising insurance regulation, Gloria Gonzalez investigates how it and the other corollaries of the Dodd-Frank reforms could redraw the US regulatory regime
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EU and US release convergence plan
24 December 2012Five-year plan includes fully risk-based capital requirements
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Australia beats Europe on regulatory overhaul
21 December 2012Australia has succeeded where Europe has seemingly failed by implementing new solvency capital regulations for insurers in three years – with relatively few delays. The standards will be implemented on 1 January 2013 and follow a broadly similar approach to Solvency II. Lorna Davies reports
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Solvency II pillars 2 and 3 will be implemented by 2014, says Eiopa
20 December 2012Eiopa will publish guidelines for supervisors
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Long-term guarantee assessment to launch on 28 January
19 December 2012Results end of March and Eiopa report in June
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Ace's Mark McCausland: Solvency II is no chore
19 December 2012If boards are only focused on meeting the regulatory aspects of Solvency II they are missing a key point, says Mark McCausland, chief risk officer for Ace European Group, and calling the directive a chore should be resisted. He talks to InsuranceERM about this and other challenges of the CRO role
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IUA sets sights on PRA and FCA cooperation for 2013
19 December 2012Regulatory burden should be reasonable, cost-effective and fair, says IUA
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Capital requirements for G-SIIs should be "last resort"
18 December 2012Insurance Europe and IIF respond to consultation on systemically risky insurers
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Survey confirms Solvency II cut back
17 December 2012Most UK insurers believe it will be implemented in 2016