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UK matching adjustment 2025 review: gilt-y pleasures
11 May 2026Life insurers investing in sovereign debt strategies and limited use of new MA flexibilities are among the trends revealed in InsuranceERM's market analysis and review. Christopher Cundy and David Walker report
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The real-world impact of Eiopa's private equity statement
12 March 2026The European authority's consultation on how private equity owners of insurers should be supervised has prompted many questions from the sector. Christopher Cundy talks to Luca Tres to get some answers
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Op-ed: Europe will fall short of true regulatory simplification without clear priorities
11 March 2026Petra Hielkema argues EU and national policymakers must acknowledge that conflicting demands cannot be reconciled — and chart a decisive path forward
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Solvency II creates divides between boards and CROs
25 February 2026Gerhard Stahl has been a CRO, board member and a regulator - and sees how Solvency II has created a significant disconnect between the roles. He speaks to David Walker
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"We need to be courageous": Frédéric de Courtois on the future of European insurance
13 February 2026The president of Insurance Europe sat down with Joshua Geer to discuss the implementation of the Solvency II review, the regulatory outlook in Europe, and the growing importance of innovation, climate risk and artificial intelligence for the sector
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Calls grow for deeper supervisory unity as Eiopa marks 15 years
10 February 2026The EU's insurance authority celebrated its first 15 years at its conference last month, though most of the debate was about what comes next. Joshua Geer reports
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The Sam Woods "exit interview": Solvency II, sustainability risks and the secondary objective
22 January 2026In his final appearance before the UK's Treasury Committee, the CEO of the Prudential Regulation Authority reflected on his decade in the role and the future direction for regulation. Joshua Geer reports
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Solvency II review comfortably survives parliamentary rebellion
20 January 2026Greens/EFA-led bid to block insurance reforms fails as Commission defends capital relief and reiterates Eiopa safeguards. Joshua Geer reports
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Solvency II's most pressing simplification issue
07 January 2026When every proposal leading to reducing the regulatory burden matters, Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta identifies the implementation date of the Solvency II reforms as an item that should be top of the agenda
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Assessing risk in "highly predictable" cashflows
19 December 2025UK firms with matching adjustment portfolios must put some serious thought into assessing the risks associated with investing in HP assets, as James Sharpe, Charis Adu-Kwapong and Abraham Ashraf explain