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  • French insurers make "good headway" for no-deal Brexit

    22 August 2019

    French regulator says most UK insurers with liabilities in France have Brexit continuity plans

  • French regulator puts equity charges top of Solvency II reforms

    17 July 2019

    Insurers, policyholders and economy would benefit from more equity investment, says Bernard Delas

  • French regulator highlights insurers' climate risk weaknesses

    11 April 2019

    The ACPR wants “true, forward-looking analysis”, among various improvements

  • Bernardino calls on insurers to “think big” and exploit single European market

    21 September 2018

    Policyholders miss the opportunities provided by EU convergence, Eiopa chief says

  • Supervisors inconsistent in monitoring climate risk

    14 August 2018

    Supervisors' varying levels of familiarity with climate risk requires the establishment of a global framework for measuring and managing those risks, according to the IAIS and the UN SIF.

  • Regulators seek new tech to probe insurers' quantitative reports

    20 November 2017

    But warn of unregulated value chains when insurers adopt insurtech

  • European supervisors change tack on negative interest rate risk

    20 September 2016

    Insurers 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

  • L'exception française?

    02 August 2016

    The 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

  • IAIS reaches fork in the road on systemic risk

    26 July 2016

    International regulators are opening up to the idea of framing systemic risk in market-wide activities rather than individual companies. Callum Tanner reports

  • Sham approved to use partial internal model

    21 January 2016

    Plans to expand to Spain and Italy