Archive

  • EU divided over Solvency II's dynamic volatility adjustment

    29 September 2015

    Whether internal model firms can assume changes in the value of the volatility adjustment under stress depends on where they are based and Eiopa's attempts to issue guidance are fraught by disagreements. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Eiopa sets standard for group solvency calculations in context of equivalence

    25 September 2015

    EU insurers should meet highest capital requirement in equivalent third-countries

  • Wrong time to revise the UFR, say EU insurers

    16 September 2015

    Insurance Europe urges delay and calls for phase-in of changes

  • Bernardino attacks the role of FSB

    15 September 2015

    Eiopa chair criticises exclusion from recovery and resolution discussions

  • Eiopa confirms review of UFR methodology

    15 September 2015

    Official consultations have begun and will widen in 2016

  • 1,200 firms to use Eiopa's T4U for Solvency II reporting

    14 September 2015

    Budgetary constraints mean the XBRL tool will not be updated next year

  • Bernardino promises to bring supervisors into line on internal models

    09 September 2015

    Guidance on volatility adjustment and third-country subsidiaries being finalised

  • Van Hulle rebukes supervisors over heightened ratios

    08 September 2015

    Solvency II only requires firms to comply with a 100% SCR

  • Eiopa adopts second set of ITS and guidelines

    06 July 2015

    XBRL taxonomy to be published later this month

  • 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