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Nordea's Annette Olesen: "It feels good to move beyond the go-live date"
19 January 2016The group chief risk officer for Nordea Life & Pensions talks to Christopher Cundy about her company's entry into the Solvency II world
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ESRB's Mazzaferro: "We want to counter the narrative that insurers are not systemic"
16 December 2015ESRB's head of secretariat makes the case for a countercyclical capital requirement and a liquidity requirement for insurers. Hugo Coelho reports
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Living up to the promise of internal models
08 December 2015Supervisory approval is not the end of the Solvency II internal model process. From 1 January, models are for insurers to leverage and for insurers to lose. Hugo Coelho and Christopher Cundy report
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Not so much the 'own' risk and solvency assessment
05 November 2015From the size of the stresses to the maximum number of pages of the report, European regulators are becoming prescriptive about how insurers should go about developing ORSAs in preparation for Solvency II. Hugo Coelho reports
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InsuranceERM/Towers Watson Risk Technology Report
29 October 2015Senior risk and capital executives share their thoughts on risk technology, the pressures the industry faces, downsides of adopting new technology and the future shape of the industry.
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Spanish life insurers heavily reliant on matching adjustment
27 October 2015Top regulator warns about challenge of reporting and governance requirements, but admits industry is well-capitalised. Hugo Coelho reports
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Technology vendors prepare for a new chapter
22 October 2015Christopher Cundy charts the trends in risk and capital management software as the Solvency II implementation date nears
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"The HLA creates more instability than it subtracts" – Axa's Thimann
13 October 2015Christian Thimann, head of public of affairs at France's largest insurance group, is critical of regulators' plans to tackle systemic risk in the insurance sector. He talks to Hugo Coelho
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Monte Carlo Rendez-vous: Choppy waters on the voyage to El Dorado
17 September 2015At this year's gathering of the reinsurance industry in Monte Carlo, much of the conversation was about adapting to the tough market conditions and exploiting elusive growth opportunities. Asa Gibson and Helen Yates report
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Ivass's Alberto Corinti: "There is more to pillar II than checking boxes"
10 September 2015Italy's industry seems well-capitalised under Solvency II, but meeting the governance requirements is proving more challenging. Top insurance regulator Alberto Corinti tells Hugo Coelho about plans to examine boards' responsibilities and their view of risk