Archive

  • Commission shelves ESRB report until Solvency II review

    14 January 2016

    Evidence justifying need for bank-like countercyclical requirement for insurers is not conclusive, officials say

  • ESRB's Mazzaferro: "We want to counter the narrative that insurers are not systemic"

    16 December 2015

    ESRB's head of secretariat makes the case for a countercyclical capital requirement and a liquidity requirement for insurers. Hugo Coelho reports

  • ESRB calls for bank-like countercyclical capital requirement for insurers

    16 December 2015

    Report criticises Solvency II volatility adjustment, ultimate forward rate and charges for securitisations

  • Italian insurers would be worst hit by end of 0% capital charge for sovereign debt

    24 November 2015

    Fitch gauges impact of potential changes to Solvency II standard formula

  • EU to integrate G-SII capital surcharge in Solvency II review

    19 November 2015

    Guersent warns that methodology to identify systemic insurers needs more work

  • Eiopa to rethink 0% capital charge on sovereign bonds

    18 November 2015

    The authority is finalising standards for ongoing monitoring of internal models

  • UFR drop no knockout blow to large insurers - Morgan Stanley

    16 October 2015

    Analysts gauge impact of cut in Solvency II reference rate on Allianz, Axa and Munich Re

  • Eiopa 'open' to lower UFR from 2017

    09 October 2015

    Methodology review to be completed in September

  • Wrong time to revise the UFR, say EU insurers

    16 September 2015

    Insurance Europe urges delay and calls for phase-in of changes

  • ESRB locks horns with Eiopa over Solvency II UFR

    04 August 2015

    The ultimate forward rate has been one of Solvency II's least contentious elements – until now. The European Systemic Risk Board is pushing for a revision that could have a dramatic effect on insurers' solvency. Hugo Coelho reports