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  • Efficient asset allocation with least squares Monte Carlo

    23 October 2013

    Traditional methods of allocating assets fall short in several key aspects. In this paper, Romain Lombardo and Alexis Bailly show how the LSMC approach can be used to optimise asset allocation for insurers in a Solvency II world

  • Solvency II still a factor in M&A activity

    23 October 2013

    Despite Western Europe being least attractive region, says survey

  • Goldman Sachs sells majority stake in Rothesay Life

    22 October 2013

    Blackstone, GIC and MassMutual buy into pensions insurer

  • Supervisors failing to adhere to basic principles

    22 October 2013

    "Heavy content" of Insurance Core Principles partly to blame

  • PRA "not looking for early implementation of Solvency II"

    21 October 2013

    UK's prudential regulator issues consultation on preparation guidelines

  • S&P warns against slowing ERM in light of Solvency II delay

    21 October 2013

    Response is indicative of which insurers take ERM seriously, rating agency says

  • Prudential Financial accepts US SIFI designation

    21 October 2013

    Joins AIG on "too big to fail" list

  • Conning updates risk management software

    18 October 2013

    Version 6.1 has enhancements for Asian users

  • The technologies reshaping insurance

    18 October 2013

    The insurance industry doesn't often evoke science fiction. But recent technological advances have been so drastic they could have leapt from the pages of Isaac Asimov. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • IAIS releases second ComFrame draft

    18 October 2013

    Public consultation open until 16 December