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  • Post-Brexit slump makes mockery of Eiopa stress test

    21 July 2016

    The UK's Solvency II discount rates at the end of June put insurers in a worse position than the stress test scenario, so what can insurers and regulators hope to learn? Hugo Coelho reports

  • Willis Towers Watson snaps up Milliman's Steve Hardwick

    15 June 2016

    Will work to expand EMEA insurance business

  • Solvency II standard formula benchmarking "quite onerous"

    09 June 2016

    Milliman comments on PRA's internal model drift ratio proposal

  • Pricing and reserving risks top CBI's agenda

    26 February 2016

    Irish supervisor will also scrutinise group risks of subsidiaries under its remit

  • London court kills discussion on the "right" level of excess capital

    18 January 2016

    Judge dismisses policyholder fears in Rothesay Life transfer case

  • Solvency II fuels risk of model convergence

    16 November 2015

    The demands of regulatory approval are creating a lack of diversity in insurance models and driving an increase in systemic risk, according to a joint industry and academic study. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Not so much the 'own' risk and solvency assessment

    05 November 2015

    From the size of the stresses to the maximum number of pages of the report, European regulators are becoming prescriptive about how insurers should go about developing ORSAs in preparation for Solvency II. Hugo Coelho reports

  • More than 170 delegates expected at Insurance Risk & Capital

    13 October 2015

    Third edition of InsuranceERM's conference takes place in three weeks

  • PRA reaffirms restrictions on the recognition of deferred tax assets

    10 August 2015

    Position unchanged, despite lobbying on the risk margin

  • IMIF releases guidance on adding value to model validation

    12 May 2015

    Proposes control mechanism for Solvency II risk models