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US insurers gauge vulnerability to soaring rates
20 February 2015Lapse risk higher for annuity providers with old books of business
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Fairfax to acquire Brit Insurance for £1.22bn
17 February 2015Latest in series of major M&A deals
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Hong Kong: on the road to RBC
12 February 2015It is early days for the development of Hong Kong's risk-based capital regime, but insurers already fear it will bring substantial changes to their businesses. Hugo Coelho reports
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RPC poaches Towers Watson's O'Brien
12 February 2015Former head of risk and consulting software to boost city law firm's insurance practice
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US insurers urge Fed to customise Sifi regulations
10 February 2015Banking regulations are inappropriate, says American Council of Life Insurers
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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