Archive

  • SFCRs: delivering the goods in round two

    13 February 2018

    An early financial year-end makes life and health insurer Vitality one of the first major EU insurers to deliver its annual solvency and financial condition report. David Walker discusses what's changed and how other underwriters may evolve their SFCRs in the second year of reporting

  • Axa's Christian Thimann: EU's sustainability drive directly linked to Solvency II reform

    08 February 2018

    The chair of the European Commission's expert group on sustainable finance talks to Paul Walsh about the group's recommendations – and how they are intrinsically linked with Solvency II.

  • The PRA's David Rule on Brexit, the risk margin and the regulator's hotspots for supervision in 2018

    31 January 2018

    The UK's executive director for insurance supervision talks to Christopher Cundy about how the Prudential Regulation Authority is approaching Brexit and reveals the latest views on reforming the risk margin

  • Rolling out the red carpet for the SFCR Awards

    18 January 2018

    Following its official awards, InsuranceERM hands out the gongs for its inaugural 'Solvies' and reflects on the first year of insurers producing solvency and financial condition reports

  • Lapse risk takes centre stage in capital management strategies

    12 December 2017

    Since the introduction of Solvency II, EU life insurers have had to hold much more capital against the risk of customers lapsing their policies. Luca Tres explains how innovative hedging structures can help firms maximise their capital efficiency

  • Economic capital: the solution to two big insurance problems

    23 November 2017

    Using economic capital metrics makes for better business decisions and improves the wider understanding of profitability in the insurance sector. The opportunity is not to be missed, argue Gez Llanaj and Assad Shah

  • Eiopa's Fausto Parente: convergence is the remedy for regulatory arbitrage

    21 November 2017

    The executive director of the EU's insurance authority discusses its new powers, Brexit, supervisory convergence, insurtech and sustainability in this interview with Christopher Cundy

  • Insurers downbeat on proposed Solvency II reforms

    10 November 2017

    Eiopa has completed its first major review of Solvency II and, on the biggest issues, its proposals have not gone down well. Christopher Cundy reports

  • A transparent approach to the SFCR

    02 November 2017

    Denmark's Industriens Pensionsforsikring went the extra mile in completing its solvency and financial condition report (SFCR), providing historical data and putting the quantitative information into context. David Walker asks chief risk officer Pernille Jul Overby why she opted for more work

  • NN's Jan-Hendrik Erasmus: "the key issue is how to embrace technology"

    26 October 2017

    NN Group's chief risk officer discusses with David Walker how the Dutch insurer is positioned for M&A, why Solvency II does not need to change, longevity risk hedging and today's technology and cyber challenges