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  • Only a quarter of insurers ready to comply with Solvency II

    31 July 2013

    Moody's Analytics survey finds firms behind schedule on pillar 3 data reporting

  • Insurers urge no reporting in Solvency II's preparation phase

    24 July 2013

    Responses to Eiopa's consultation on the 2014-2016 preparation phase for Solvency II have come back with a strong message that the reporting is too burdensome and the ORSA should be stripped of its quantitative elements. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Bermudian insurers should escape Solvency II interim measures

    23 July 2013

    Eiopa's preparation guidelines unclear on third-country supervision

  • Insurance Europe details industry's demands on LTGA

    18 July 2013

    Suggestions address volatility and pro-cyclicality of Solvency II

  • Muted restart to Omnibus II trialogue

    16 July 2013

    Directive is likely to emerge in early 2014

  • New capital muscles into the reinsurance business

    12 July 2013

    Hedge funds, pension funds and wealth managers are among the newer investors reshaping the way that reinsurance operates and prices risk. These non-traditional investors like the returns available and the lack of correlation with other capital markets. But do they fully appreciate the risks? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • What the LTGA really says about the matching adjustment

    10 July 2013

    A workable matching adjustment is critical for many insurers facing the prospect of complying with Solvency II, but Eiopa's recent study on long-term guarantee measures has left some aspects ambiguous and others unfeasible. Kim Durniat delves into Eiopa's concluding report to bring out the nuances

  • PRA's Bailey: "We have a good way to go to make Solvency II manageable"

    09 July 2013

    Speech to ABI conference defends use of early warning indicators

  • Low interest rates challenge regulators as well as insurers

    05 July 2013

    Current economic policies are creating market distortions that insurers and their regulators should tackle sooner rather than later, says Daniel Hofmann, advisor to the chairman of Zurich Insurance Group

  • Supervisors highlight poor quality of data in LTGA

    27 June 2013

    Could be a foretaste of issues with Solvency II reporting

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