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NAIC creates RBC task force to assess future risks
21 February 2025Task force will be led by Wisconsin's Houdek and Ohio's French
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Cayman Islands regulator hits back at regulatory arbitrage claims
19 February 2025Cima responds to comments made by Athene executives last week
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Costa Rica's Tomás Soley: from regulatory zero to flourishing framework
12 February 2025Costa Rica's insurance superintendent talks to Joshua Geer about how he built a regulatory framework from scratch and the importance of sustainability in the country's market
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Time to adopt ICS, conclude AM comparable
14 October 2024The deadline to adopt the Insurance Capital Standard is fast approaching and a crucial decision on comparability with the US Aggregation Method awaits. ACLI's Mariana Gomez-Vock argues it is time for supervisors to resolve their differences
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Monument Re gets Bermuda approval to use scenario-based approach
01 August 2024Life reinsurer's solvency ratio rose in 2023 from 167% to 174%
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Countries to begin assessing Insurance Capital Standard implementation in 2026 - UPDATED
28 June 2024Latest version of ICS published ahead of finalisation later this year
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Hong Kong regulator agrees to RBC concessions after industry consultation
26 April 2024But Insurance Authority rebuffs requests for change to capital amounts and actuarial appointments
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"Resilient" ICS will pass despite obstacles
25 April 2024But IAIS will have to satisfy US demands to get Insurance Capital Standard done, say ex-regulators
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Bermuda's tax bomb is a boon, says Karel Van Hulle
26 February 2024From new tax rules to an ever-expanding life market, Bermuda is in a transformational phase. Karel Van Hulle, the father of Solvency II and a BMA board member, tells Sarfraz Thind why these changes will do the market good
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Brighthouse's RBC ratio rises after new hedging valuation rules
13 February 2024US life insurer implemented updates to VM-21 in Q4 2023