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  • Trump government threatens federal and international regime for insurers

    06 December 2016

    'Systemically important' designations, the EU-US covered agreement and US enthusiasm for the IAIS may all disappear over the next four years with Donald Trump as president. Some state commissioners are planning to make the most of an administration that, like them, sees too much power in the hands of federal authorities. Callum Tanner reports

  • Commission comes under fire for Priips RTS update

    06 December 2016

    Mean historic return for investment products should be replaced with zero, says Commission

  • Global life insurance outlook negative, says Moody's

    05 December 2016

    Firms affected by low interest rates, market volatility and regulatory changes

  • UK firms call for automatic Solvency II transitional recalculation

    05 December 2016

    Referring back to "redundant" Solvency I regime pointless, says L&G

  • UK mortality improvement of 2% for 2016, according to CMI

    05 December 2016

    Improvements becoming less predictable, say actuaries

  • EU launches recovery and resolution regime for insurers

    02 December 2016

    Eiopa consults on harmonised framework

  • Willis Towers Watson piles on Solvency II critique

    02 December 2016

    Less need for internal models if standard formula improved, says consultancy to Treasury select committee

  • Insights from Bermuda's cat risk management report

    01 December 2016

    The biggest exposure, trends in the use of reinsurance and the popularity of various vendor models are all revealed in the Bermuda Monetary Authority's latest analysis. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Ireland's insurance bodies in merger talks

    01 December 2016

    Dima and Insurance Ireland plan to strengthen themselves

  • Actuaries chart evidence of climate change

    01 December 2016

    North American climate change tool finds more occurrence of extreme weather