Archive

  • Vienna Insurance basks in success of post-Communist expansion

    22 March 2018

    Pre-tax profits up 9% and GWP 3.7% higher in 2017

  • Unipol's Renzo Avesani: balancing risk and innovation

    19 October 2017

    Renzo Avesani holds the positions of chief risk officer and chief innovation officer at Unipol – a unique combination at such a large insurer. He tells Cintia Cheong about the firm's latest initiatives and how it is adapting to life under Solvency II

  • Netherlands would benefit from joint regulatory approach - IMF

    04 April 2017

    Financial stability assessment warns of supervisory arbitrage

  • Separate Brexit deal needed for Lloyd's, Open Europe says

    25 October 2016

    Think-tank pushes for 'pre-emptive equivalence' talks for UK laws

  • IAIS reaches fork in the road on systemic risk

    26 July 2016

    International regulators are opening up to the idea of framing systemic risk in market-wide activities rather than individual companies. Callum Tanner reports

  • Life insurers have become more systemic, says IMF

    05 April 2016

    Global financial stability report calls for macroprudential framework

  • 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 sounds alarm over impact of plunging rates

    16 April 2015

    Use of Solvency II adjustments called into question