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QE reveals the deception of the Solvency II curve
10 February 2015The Solvency II discount curve is masking the impact of tumbling interest rates and artificially increasing levels of available capital, but firms and supervisors are already seeking to gauge the true vulnerability of businesses. Hugo Coelho reports
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Chief Compliance Officers Forum launched
09 February 2015Allianz's Loesler appointed as chairman of the group
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US regulators increase transparency for designation of systemic insurers
06 February 2015Reforms enable AIG, Prudential and MetLife to engage in annual re-evaluations of Sifi status
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The pains of standardisation
29 January 2015Insurers planning to use the Solvency II standard formula must convince regulators that it is appropriate to calculate their capital requirements. Hugo Coelho reports on the arguments insurers are putting forward - and what happens if they fail
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Regulation and low rates top insurers' concerns
29 January 2015Towers Watson survey highlights divergence between Europe and the US
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PartnerRe and Axis to merge in $11bn deal
26 January 2015Tumbling premiums fuelling wave of consolidation in reinsurance sector
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Unipol's Avesani to chair CRO Forum
15 January 2015Takes over from Marco Vet
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Sub debt "better than reinsurance" for capital management
12 January 2015Twelve Capital ponders best solution for Solvency II
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Pacific Life Re strikes £1.5bn longevity deal
07 January 2015Transaction with Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund uses cell structure
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The threat from cyber: Are insurers heading for a meltdown?
05 January 2015The recent establishment of a dedicated cyber insurance agency in London by former US homeland security secretary Tom Ridge demonstrates its growing popularity. But as the prevalence of recent high-profile hacking incidents demonstrates, this is not a class without its dangers, as Marcus Alcock investigates