Archive

  • Solvency II: ignoring society?

    30 April 2013

    The role insurers play in our society has not been considered in Solvency II, but it's a pivotal question and one the legislation must answer if it's to succeed in its present form, says Colin Murray

  • Delivering on pillar 3 reporting

    26 April 2013

    The reporting element of Solvency II has been brought back into insurers' minds by recent regulatory developments. In a SAS/InsuranceERM webinar, HSBC UK and Gjensidige explained how they are going about it. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Eiopa's Solvency II preparation poses challenges to supervisors too

    10 April 2013

    National authorities will receive "torrent" of information, says Towers Watson

  • Towers Watson releases Igloo 4.2 upgrade

    04 April 2013

    Driven by need for ERM improvements

  • ORSA is biggest challenge for North American CROs

    25 March 2013

    Economic capital also set to occupy CROs, E&Y survey finds

  • PIC and Institute of Cancer Research agree £30m pension buy-in

    04 March 2013

    ICR traded UK government bonds for bulk annuity policy

  • The unresolved issues of Solvency II

    21 February 2013

    The delay of full implementation to beyond 2014 will allow extra time for important details in all three pillars of Solvency II to be resolved – and may bring old niggles to the surface again. Lorna Davies looks into some of the outstanding issues, for policy-makers and insurers, that will be kicked over in the coming months

  • Insurance enterprise risk managment: the state it's in

    14 February 2013

    Insurers' satisfaction with ERM grows, but plans for using economic capital stall - these are among the seven key findings from Towers Watson's recent worldwide survey. Christopher Cundy asks Laura Santori and Martin Pike to explain

  • Solvency II: who's ready to comply?

    12 February 2013

    As regulators plan to introduce elements of pillars 2 and 3 from 1 January 2014, InsuranceERM takes a tour of the major European countries to see how prepared they are – and where they may have problems complying

  • ICAS+ could be more onerous than running two models

    06 February 2013

    Towers Watson outlines pros and cons of UK's plan for use of Solvency II internal models