Pensions
News
IORP could make hundreds of UK companies insolvent
PwC and CEA latest to comment on impact of directive
Eiopa publishes final advice on IORP directive
QIS on pension provision likely in second quarter
IORP proposals threaten "catastrophic impact" on financial markets
NAPF letter to EC points to huge costs to businesses and pensioners
Latest QE causes more headaches for pension funds
Regulator needs to help, says NAPF
Pension fund assets reach $28trn
FTSE350 IAS19 pension deficits increase to £67bn
UK pension risk transfers pass £11bn in 2011
US pension deficit doubled in 2011
IORP changes will close more DB schemes
Solvency II and IORP directives need to be aligned
Rothesay Life raises BA longevity protection
Uniq completes £830m pension buy-in
New de-risking pension venture set up
QE shift would benefit pensioners
Analysis
DB pension risk management needs a revolution
Timeliness of information is a major issue but new technology is now available to address this, explains Darren Best
Insurers should take a fresh look at their own pension funds
UK Insurers that operate defined benefit pensions can reduce the cost of their regulatory capital if they take a more holistic view, says Yasheen Rajan
Pensions ready for longevity solutions
Banks have been touting the virtues of longevity swaps to pension funds for years. Now that the first deal has appeared, John Ferry asks, Will the market burgeon?
Highlights
- Aegon and Deutsche Bank in €12bn longevity swap
- Deloitte hires Mike Sobers from Aviva
- A modular approach to the ORSA
- Actuaries embrace faster, more efficient A/LM models
- What Tohoku tells us about Japan earthquake risk
- "Cat modelling for the masses" planned by industry group
- Torus appoints new CFO
- IORP could make hundreds of UK companies insolvent
- NAIC: "If we respect the differences, we can make this work"
- Liberty returns to cat bond market
- One step closer to the new world of regulatory reporting
- Four-fifths of insurers in Bermuda use more than one cat model
- Insurers embrace curve-fitting for SCR calculations
- Sweden's insurers struggle to get ready for Solvency II
- AIR publishes simple cat model tests
- Solvency II and IORP directives need to be aligned
- Eiopa paper shows drawbacks of "one-size-fits-all" approach
- Underwriting discipline "central challenge" for 2012
- Moody's buys Barrie & Hibbert
- Applying complexity science to risk appetite and emerging risk
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