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PIC strikes largest UK pension buy-out deal
09 July 2013Insures £1.5bn liabilities of EMI pension fund
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Phoenix breathes new life into its actuarial systems
03 July 2013The UK closed-fund consolidator has replaced its myriad modelling systems with just one, in a huge three-year project that is said to have been on time and on budget. For Phoenix, the project was not only operationally necessary; it was a strategic imperative. InsuranceERM explains
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Insurers face "biggest ever" financial reporting change
21 June 2013Third draft of international standard on insurer accounting released
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Industry digests impact of LTGA
18 June 2013The 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
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Model validation is a question of trust
07 June 2013It shouldn't just be about satisfying the regulators, argue Mike Wilkinson and Patricia Mackenzie. Models should be validated by developing management trust in them and embedding them in the business. The delay in Solvency II gives more opportunity to do this
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Actuaries' varying roles highlighted by Fulcher careers
28 May 2013Paul and Graham Fulcher between them have worked in life, general insurance, reinsurance and investment banking firms, evidence of the transferability of actuarial skills, as well as different career paths. But neither of the twins is a fan of Solvency II, as Chris Cundy finds out
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Asia solvency reforms - part 3
24 May 2013In the third and final part of our feature on the developments of insurance regulation in Asia, we look developments in the growing market of India, as well as Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan
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Asia solvency reforms - part 2
17 May 2013In the second part of our feature on the developments of Asian regulatory regimes for insurers, Lorna Davies and Chris Cundy look in to solvency reforms in Malaysia, Japan and Thailand
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Towers Watson places $20m cat bond
14 May 2013Sunshine Re transfers risks of Florida windstorms for FMIT
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Towers Watson names EMEA risk consulting and software head
07 May 2013Michael Murphy replaces Martin Pike