Archive

  • ComFrame's second draft shows improvement, but issues remain

    17 January 2014

    Global capital standard questioned

  • Solvency II infrastructure charges need political decision

    20 December 2013

    Lack of data leaves Eiopa's proposed charges unaltered

  • Solvency II on track after Omnibus II agreement

    14 November 2013

    Deal reached last night after eight hour meeting

  • Quick-fix directive to postpone Solvency II to 1 January 2016

    02 October 2013

    Text says delay will be for "one last time"

  • Insurers urge no reporting in Solvency II's preparation phase

    24 July 2013

    Responses to Eiopa's consultation on the 2014-2016 preparation phase for Solvency II have come back with a strong message that the reporting is too burdensome and the ORSA should be stripped of its quantitative elements. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Nine global systemically important insurers named

    19 July 2013

    The Financial Stability Board's designation of systemically risky insurers has brought howls of protest from the industry, but the impact on the nine firms is not easy to gauge. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Insurance Europe details industry's demands on LTGA

    18 July 2013

    Suggestions address volatility and pro-cyclicality of Solvency II

  • Protests against FTT build up steam

    21 June 2013

    Europe's Financial Transaction Tax has now been adopted by 11 states. Many insurers argue that the tax will make running their businesses more difficult and costly -- to the detriment of their customers. With less than six months left until the official implementation date, Sarfraz Thind looks at whether the industry has time to make its voice heard

  • Industry digests impact of LTGA

    18 June 2013

    The insurance industry has had barely three days to consider the report from Eiopa on the long-term guarantees assessment, but it's long enough for experts to have identified several problems and for lobby group Insurance Europe to express its disappointment at the latest proposals on Solvency II. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Insurers poised for release of Solvency II long-term guarantees report

    14 June 2013

    Publication will restart trialogue negotiations