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NAIC moves ahead with targeted reinsurance collateral reductions
13 November 2014Bermuda, France, Germany, Ireland and UK in list of recommended qualifying jurisdictions
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IERM comment: whose capital is it anyway?
30 October 2014The rise in popularity of third-party capital in the insurance arena raises interesting questions for regulators
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John Huff: Capital cannot be the only answer to systemic risk
30 October 2014While in Amsterdam for the conference of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, Hugo Coelho caught up with Missouri insurance commissioner John Huff. Here he elaborates on his criticism of global standards, and discusses key aspects in the tug of war between the US and Europe on the convergence of insurance regulation
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Asset-liability matching excluded from Basic Capital Requirements
23 October 2014Average level 75% of group-wide prescribed capital
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Targeting reinsurance systemic risk
23 October 2014All eyes are on the FSB's forthcoming update of G-SIIs, which is expected to include reinsurers for the first time. Marcus Alcock looks at who might be on the list and what the implications are for the market
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The broad view
21 October 2014Tom Wilson, CRO of Allianz, talks to Marcus Alcock about the need for supervisors to adapt as well, his difficulty with traditional insurance being deemed systemically relevant, and the trials and tribulations involved in submitting a trial IMAP which is over 100,000 pages long
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S&P changes Axa outlook to positive
16 October 2014Highlights strong capital adequacy
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IERM comment: reinsurance lag
02 October 2014Why has it taken the FSB so long to label reinsurers as systemic risks?
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Federal Reserve to begin QIS for insurers
01 October 2014Second stage of capital framework overhaul
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Sompo outlook remains negative
01 September 2014Fitch highlights importance of solvency margin