Archive

  • IMF-like peer reviews needed to avoid Solvency II gold plating

    02 February 2016

    Insurance Europe urges Eiopa to move beyond opinions and guidelines

  • Solvency II forces Irish supervisor reshuffle

    02 October 2015

    General and life insurance divisions merged to promote consistency

  • Central Bank of Ireland lacks powers to regulate insurers, says official

    11 June 2015

    Cyril Roux cites disjointed nature of enforcement powers

  • IMF: US insurance regulation "inconsistent" and "fragmented"

    09 April 2015

    Development of federal capital standards "proceeding slowly"

  • Targeting reinsurance systemic risk

    23 October 2014

    All eyes are on the FSB's forthcoming update of G-SIIs, which is expected to include reinsurers for the first time. Marcus Alcock looks at who might be on the list and what the implications are for the market

  • FSB urges US to pursue federal regulation

    28 August 2013

    State-based system leads to inconsistent supervision

  • South African firms raise questions over SAM interim measures

    06 August 2013

    New measures address deficiencies found by IMF

  • Low interest rates challenge regulators as well as insurers

    05 July 2013

    Current economic policies are creating market distortions that insurers and their regulators should tackle sooner rather than later, says Daniel Hofmann, advisor to the chairman of Zurich Insurance Group