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With-profits rules "disproportionately hard" for small mutuals
16 January 2013FSA opened consultation in December
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Capital add-ons are here to stay, says IAIS's Kawai
15 January 2013Yoshihiro Kawai heads the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, the body responsible for contentious plans to oversee global insurance companies. He talks to Christopher Cundy about consensus and convergence
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Solvency II and Basel III provide lessons for each other
14 January 2013Insurance directive is broader than banking,says Groupe Consultatif Actuariel Européen
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Autumn adoption for Omnibus II most likely scenario
10 January 2013Commission suggested January 2015 start for Solvency II, Eiopa meeting minutes show
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2013: the ERM challenges ahead
08 January 2013Leading consultants and CROs say getting the most out of Solvency II implementation will be a big challenge for 2013, but other aspects of ERM will reappear on the agenda, as will the necessity of keeping ERM at the heart of business. Here is a compilation of responses to the questions InsuranceERM asked experts just before Christmas
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Regulators and industry carp at IAIS over G-SIIs
08 January 2013Proposals need "substantial refinement", says BaFin
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PRA consults on powers to put pressure on parent firms
07 January 2013Open for comment until 1 March
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Dodd-Frank stirs federal action on insurance regulation
03 January 2013As speculation mounts that the Federal Insurance Office will soon release its report on modernising insurance regulation, Gloria Gonzalez investigates how it and the other corollaries of the Dodd-Frank reforms could redraw the US regulatory regime
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EU and US release convergence plan
24 December 2012Five-year plan includes fully risk-based capital requirements
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Australia beats Europe on regulatory overhaul
21 December 2012Australia has succeeded where Europe has seemingly failed by implementing new solvency capital regulations for insurers in three years – with relatively few delays. The standards will be implemented on 1 January 2013 and follow a broadly similar approach to Solvency II. Lorna Davies reports