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European supervisors change tack on negative interest rate risk
20 September 2016Insurers are being asked to modify internal models as negative yields become the new normal, but the approach varies by country and company. Hugo Coelho reports
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L'exception française?
02 August 2016The French government is proposing to exempt supplementary pension products from Solvency II capital requirements, a seismic change that will give the sector much needed relief. Hugo Coelho reports
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IAIS reaches fork in the road on systemic risk
26 July 2016International regulators are opening up to the idea of framing systemic risk in market-wide activities rather than individual companies. Callum Tanner reports
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Sham approved to use partial internal model
21 January 2016Plans to expand to Spain and Italy
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Axa wins internal model approval
03 December 2015Solvency II ratio at 212% as of 30 September
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Not so much the 'own' risk and solvency assessment
05 November 2015From the size of the stresses to the maximum number of pages of the report, European regulators are becoming prescriptive about how insurers should go about developing ORSAs in preparation for Solvency II. Hugo Coelho reports
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Scor's internal model gets green light
04 November 2015French regulator tells reinsurer it intends to grant approval
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EU divided over Solvency II's dynamic volatility adjustment
29 September 2015Whether internal model firms can assume changes in the value of the volatility adjustment under stress depends on where they are based and Eiopa's attempts to issue guidance are fraught by disagreements. Hugo Coelho reports
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Scor reports profit and premium growth despite soft market
29 July 2015French reinsurer confirms SII internal model submission in Q2
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French insurers prefer cooperation to consolidation
25 June 2015Small and medium-sized firms join forces ahead of Solvency II