Archive

  • NAIC moves ahead with targeted reinsurance collateral reductions

    13 November 2014

    Bermuda, France, Germany, Ireland and UK in list of recommended qualifying jurisdictions

  • IERM comment: whose capital is it anyway?

    30 October 2014

    The rise in popularity of third-party capital in the insurance arena raises interesting questions for regulators

  • John Huff: Capital cannot be the only answer to systemic risk

    30 October 2014

    While 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

  • Asset-liability matching excluded from Basic Capital Requirements

    23 October 2014

    Average level 75% of group-wide prescribed capital

  • Targeting reinsurance systemic risk

    23 October 2014

    All 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

  • The broad view

    21 October 2014

    Tom 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

  • S&P changes Axa outlook to positive

    16 October 2014

    Highlights strong capital adequacy

  • IERM comment: reinsurance lag

    02 October 2014

    Why has it taken the FSB so long to label reinsurers as systemic risks?

  • Federal Reserve to begin QIS for insurers

    01 October 2014

    Second stage of capital framework overhaul

  • Sompo outlook remains negative

    01 September 2014

    Fitch highlights importance of solvency margin