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Bernardino calls on insurers to “think big” and exploit single European market
21 September 2018Policyholders miss the opportunities provided by EU convergence, Eiopa chief says
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Supervisors inconsistent in monitoring climate risk
14 August 2018Supervisors' 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.
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Regulators seek new tech to probe insurers' quantitative reports
20 November 2017But warn of unregulated value chains when insurers adopt insurtech
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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