Archive

  • Solvency II spreads its tentacles

    29 December 2015

    Solvency II took longer than expected to be implemented in Europe, but what effect has that had on other risk-based capital initiatives across the globe? Asa Gibson reports

  • Eiopa publishes updated risk-free rate code

    23 December 2015

    Enables firms to replicate calculation of the discount curve

  • L&G seals UK's largest medically underwritten bulk annuity deal

    23 December 2015

    Buy-in adds to insurer's expanding annuity book

  • Ageas partial internal model approved

    23 December 2015

    National Bank of Belgium gives go-ahead to application

  • The twists and turns of Solvency II negotiations

    22 December 2015

    A behind the scenes account of the drawn-out political negotiations, the private letters and corridor discussions, the unforeseen u-turns and the fiery arguments, the lengthy road trips and the snappy tweets, by Hugo Coelho

  • L&G Re 'a highly strategic subsidiary', says S&P

    21 December 2015

    Fledgling reinsurance arm of L&G assigned 'A+' rating, boosted by risk management oversight

  • Dutch implementation of Solvency II is the least forgiving, says supervisor

    18 December 2015

    DNB implies its "pure" application of rules weighs on insurers' ratios

  • PRA bridges Bermudian equivalence approval with modifying direction

    18 December 2015

    UK undertakings with Bermudian parent company can assume equivalence from 1 January

  • ABI calls for convergence among Solvency II supervisors

    18 December 2015

    Common approach needed to create a level playing field for European insurers

  • US regulators vote to keep Prudential Financial in list of systemic insurers

    18 December 2015

    Majority of FSOC members rejected insurer's arguments for withdrawing Sifi designation