Archive

  • Solvency II to cost twice as much as Crossrail

    13 March 2013

    FSA's SII budget is also "staggering", Andrew Bailey tells MPs

  • Insurance Europe opposes quantitative reporting in Solvency II interim measures

    12 March 2013

    EU federation asks regulators to await Omnibus II outcome

  • Munich Re has 1.75 times capital needed for Solvency II

    12 March 2013

    "Pleasing" profit despite Sandy loss and Thai flood loss increase

  • Infrastructure investment hit by capital rules, says Allianz

    11 March 2013

    Regulations go against economic sense

  • Avoiding the Solvency II train wreck

    07 March 2013

    Not so long ago Solvency II was hailed as the emerging 'gold standard' for setting insurance firms' regulatory capital – but it now bears a closer resemblance to a slow-motion train wreck, says John Hibbert. He identifies the causes of the crisis and speculates on what might be done to avoid repeating the same errors elsewhere.

  • Van Hulle replacement named

    06 March 2013

    New head of unit for insurance and pensions at the European Commission to start on 18 March

  • Eiopa group seeks feedback on internal model guidelines

    06 March 2013

    Stakeholder group to release draft on 16 April

  • UK 'twin peaks' regulation may lead to higher capital costs, warns L&G

    06 March 2013

    But insurer has delivered core components of the Solvency II regime

  • Tom Leonardi: "We have a terrific system in the US"

    05 March 2013

    Whether at the state, federal or international level, Connecticut insurance commissioner Thomas Leonardi is helping to deliver new regulations. He tells Gloria Gonzalez that the US regulatory framework worked very well during the financial crisis

  • Europe awaits Eiopa's interim Solvency II plans

    04 March 2013

    Concerns over pillar 3