Archive

  • Third-country insurance branches to report on XBRL format

    28 August 2015

    PRA sets out expectations after the publication of Solvency II guidelines

  • Deal on reinsurance collateral stalls over bureaucratic hurdles

    27 August 2015

    Negotiations between the EU and the US were scheduled for before the summer, but have yet to start. There is a growing concern that the delay thwarts plans to grant the US equivalence status under Solvency II before the regime goes live. Hugo Coelho reports.

  • RMS partners with MSIG Mingtai Insurance to model Taiwanese typhoon risk

    27 August 2015

    Model will form part of RMS' Asia Typhoon Model

  • Surge in pension buy-outs expected in coming weeks

    27 August 2015

    PwC urges firms to transfer liability risks to insurers before Solvency II stems price hike

  • Astra declared insolvent

    27 August 2015

    Lack of cooperation by main shareholders sealed insurer's fate

  • Industry condemns HLA proposals

    26 August 2015

    Extending the scope of the requirement to traditional insurance is wrong

  • VIG reacts to low rates by slashing guaranteed products

    25 August 2015

    Insurer's Solvency II ratio under standard formula estimated between 170-175%

  • Revealing the risk from climate change

    25 August 2015

    North American actuarial organisations have collaborated to produce indices that will help understand the risks associated with climate change, as Doug Collins and Caterina Lindman explain

  • Insurers troubled by last minute additional Solvency II requirements

    25 August 2015

    National regulators are gold plating European directive, industry trade body says

  • FBD de-risks to shore up Solvency II capital position

    24 August 2015

    Irish insurer to divest property unit amid spiralling losses