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  • US insurers join critique of international capital standard v2.0

    06 November 2018

    Ongoing concerns about recognition of aggregation approach to group capital requirements

  • Insurance Europe: international capital standard 'needs more work'

    05 November 2018

    The IAIS launched a consultation on its ICS 2.0 standard earlier this year

  • IMF supports global capital standard for insurers

    10 October 2018

    Solvency II is welcome, but broader coverage is needed to minimise economic threats

  • IAIS gears up for a global supervisory regime

    04 September 2018

    Since the International Association of Insurance Supervisors introduced the Insurance Capital Standard in 2016, the industry and some supervisors have pushed for fundamental changes in a number of areas. With a new consultation package, the IAIS aspires to square the circle. Aggelos Andreou reports

  • Avoid regulatory overkill on climate change, insurers tell IAIS

    27 July 2018

    Sector sees risks of global warming, but can handle these with current rules, industry argues

  • PSI plans climate guidelines for insurance regulators

    30 April 2018

    Principles for Sustainable Insurance initiative to imitate TCFD guidance

  • Systemic risk regulation 2.0

    22 March 2018

    International regulators are revisiting the question of how to tackle systemic risk in the insurance sector, proposing an approach based around activities. Aggelos Andreou reports

  • IAIS reveals thinking on activities-based approach to systemic risk

    08 December 2017

    Preliminary consultation paper suggests focus should be on insurers' liquidity and macroeconomic risks

  • FSB puts G-Sii designations on hold

    21 November 2017

    No new systemically important insurers named for 2017

  • IAIS gives ground in roadmap for global capital standards

    02 November 2017

    IAIS published plan to create "common language" for group solvency from Malaysian meeting