Archive

• Dutch insurers derailed by Solvency II surprises

  20 August 2015

  Setbacks in internal model approvals have put a strain on Dutch insurers' plans for Solvency II and raised fears that the European industry is less prepared than it thinks, Hugo Coelho reports

• The innovation game

  14 August 2015

  As venture capitalists invest a record amount of money in insurance technology, insurers are joining their ranks in the race to find the next disruptive technology. Asa Gibson reports

• Generali's Solvency II ratio up 14 points

  30 July 2015

  Italian insurer awaiting partial Solvency II internal model approval

• Systemic risk buffer may miss the target

  21 July 2015

  The IAIS has unveiled a formula to calculate the high-loss absorbency for global systemically important insurers. The industry claims the requirement is set too high and fears it will be poorly targeted. Hugo Coelho reports

• Leading Romanian insurer has negative solvency margin

  16 July 2015

  Four firms taking recovery measures ahead of Solvency II

• HLA to bite Axa and Prudential hardest

  03 July 2015

  Heightened capital requirements for systemic insurers will vary, says Fitch

• Too-big-to-fail insurers face 20% capital loading

  26 June 2015

  Global regulators put tentative figure on higher-loss absorbency requirement

• Generali unveils Solvency II ratio of 186%

  28 May 2015

  Partial internal model will be expanded to cover the whole business over two years

• Internal model submissions begin, despite ambiguities

  22 May 2015

  Despite unclear rules and conflicting approaches from national supervisors, insurers have started submitting their Solvency II internal models for approval. Christopher Cundy and Hugo Coelho assess the state of play

• Generali, Swiss Re and Zurich back call for better prudential regulation

  19 May 2015

  Mechanisms are still at an early stage