Archive

  • PRA's Woods defends use of internal model yardsticks

    15 January 2016

    'Quantitative framework' needed to inform assessment of the strength of calibrations

  • MetLife's spin-off subsidiaries suffer ratings downgrade

    14 January 2016

    S&P and Moody's cite capital intensity and lack of group support

  • Catastrophe models and Solvency II - lessons learnt and challenges for the future

    14 January 2016

    Marta Abramska recounts how the EU regulation changed the cat modelling community and warns insurers to watch out for an explosion in bureaucracy

  • Commission shelves ESRB report until Solvency II review

    14 January 2016

    Evidence justifying need for bank-like countercyclical requirement for insurers is not conclusive, officials say

  • Aegon's share price rebounds as solvency ratio comes in at 160%

    13 January 2016

    CEO confirms plan to sell UK annuity book

  • MetLife selling US retail business to lose Sifi status

    13 January 2016

    New company would have $240bn in assets

  • Vicky Kubitscheck talks about her fears and hopes for Solvency II

    13 January 2016

    Chief risk officer and compliance director at Police Mutual says it would be a shame if the good intentions of Solvency II were overshadowed by compliance efforts

  • German MEP slams 0% charge on local govt bonds

    13 January 2016

    Heavily indebted regional governments in Austria and Spain deemed as risk-free borrowers under Solvency II

  • NAIC names committee line-ups

    13 January 2016

    McCarty will lead international insurance regulations committee again as chairs and vice-chairs appointed for 2016

  • Corrado Baldinelli on the implications of Solvency II for Italian insurers

    12 January 2016

    Italian insurers are well-capitalised on a Solvency II basis and without the benefit of transitional measures, says the secretary general of the Italian supervisor