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Certainty, proportionality, common sense: what the industry craves from regulators in 2012

Certainty, proportionality, common sense: what the industry craves from regulators in 2012

Leading CROs and consultants give their views on how regulators and politicians may handle outstanding Solvency II implementation issues this year; on business strategy in response to this; and on the outlook for natural catastrophes. Here is a compilation of responses to the questions InsuranceERM asked experts just before Christmas

How Solvency II will impact insurers' investment strategies

Allocating risk and capital more dynamically across underwriting and investment can boost returns for shareholders in insurance companies, say Gareth Haslip and Marc Beckers. They also examine the potential market dislocations from insurers altering their investment strategies because of Solvency II.

Coping with volatile assets and loss-making liabilities

Coping with volatile assets and loss-making liabilities

Insurers are facing challenges on both sides of the balance sheet from the market environment and regulatory change. New approaches are needed but there are pitfalls. Helen Yates explains

Lloyd's insurers need to rethink their investment strategies

Lloyd's insurers need to rethink their investment strategies

Despite contributing more than half the bottom-line profits, investments have always been the poor relation within syndicates compared to underwriting. However, with asset yields lower and regulations becoming stricter, that may need to change, says Yasheen Rajan

Eurozone debt contagion threatens insurers' capital

Eurozone debt contagion threatens insurers' capital

As European leaders attempt to stem the growing sovereign debt crisis, Michael Faulkner reports on the threat to insurers of a default by Italy or Spain.

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