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ERM basics: Proxy techniques enable risk-based decision making
08 January 2014Proxy techniques, such as least squares Monte Carlo, allow faster analysis of risks and for many insurers they have become essential tools for aiding decision making, as Brian Robinson explains
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Solvency reform a priority for US regulators
20 December 2013US insurance supervision is inefficient and inconsistent, according to the Federal Insurance Office, which has made its long-awaited recommendations for reform. Among its prime targets are solvency regulation, reserving and treatment of captives. Christopher Cundy reports
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IAIS launches consultation on capital requirements for G-SIIs
16 December 2013Basic capital requirement is a prelude to other international standards
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Technology Guide 2013-14: vendors react to Solvency II delays
29 October 2013Both users and vendors of risk management systems have faced difficult decisions as a result of the further delay in Solvency II implementation. We look at the opportunities and problems created by this and issues such as: do faster systems have to be more complex, as well as more expensive, and will vendors offer more transparency into their models?
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IAIS releases second ComFrame draft
18 October 2013Public consultation open until 16 December
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NAIC has "serious concerns" over global insurer capital standard
10 October 2013Details of IAIS plan yet to emerge
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Investors welcome Swiss Re's solvency/hurricane contingent debt
09 October 2013Reinsurer may repeat issuance for other perils
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Global capital standard to be implemented in 2019
09 October 2013IAIS says development will be complete by end of 2016
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Bernardino, Van Hulle suggest new structures to enforce global standards
09 September 2013Insurance group supervision needs to be more consistent, they say
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FSB widens scope of proposed resolution regime
21 August 2013The Financial Stability Board's consultation on applying the key attributes of resolution regimes to non-banks implies an extension to the range of insurers under scrutiny, as well as to the powers available to supervisors, as InsuranceERM explains