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How Covid-19 is changing the UK's prudential supervision
01 June 2020At a recent webinar organised by the Association of British Insurers, experts discussed what Covid-19 and Brexit might mean for the future direction of UK prudential regulation. Cintia Cheong reports
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Market crash raises questions on matching adjustment benefit
12 May 2020The question of whether the Solvency II matching adjustment (MA) provides an appropriate benefit to insurers has returned to the fore in pandemic-hit markets. Christopher Cundy reports
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DAV's Frank Schiller on the Solvency II review
04 May 2020Germany's actuarial association has some strong opinions on how the EU's regulation needs to be reformed - or left untouched - as board member Frank Schiller explains to David Walker
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UK regulators respond to parliament's Covid-19 insurance questions
16 April 2020The possibility of a pandemic risk pool, alleged unfair treatment to customers and the current solvency situation of insurers were among the topics that MPs posed to the UK's top regulators in a grilling at the Treasury Committee. Paul Walsh reports
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What Solvency II reports need to say about the coronavirus
31 March 2020European supervisors have relaxed the Solvency II reporting deadlines, but in return insurers have been asked to include analysis of the Covid-19 impacts on their business. David Walker reports on what those discussions might entail
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Three lines of defence: a necessity or a nuisance?
06 March 2020The three lines of defence model has become a fixture for enterprise risk management in the insurance sector. But after nearly two decades since its introduction, does the model still have a place within the insurance industry or are changes needed? Paul Walsh investigates
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UK actuaries take another crack at equity-release mortgage valuation
03 March 2020Valuation of equity-release mortgages (ERMs) is one of the most controversial topics in the UK actuarial community, and the latest update from the working party only makes a small step towards resolving the debate. Christopher Cundy reports
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AAIC's ERM journey: inspired by Europe
25 February 2020AAIC's CRO Lorie Graham started the company's ERM programme in 2008 at a time when the US reinsurance sector had few models to look at. So she took her inspiration from the Europeans, she tells Sarfraz Thind
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Eiopa hits back at the French ICS revolution
21 February 2020Some prominent French re/insurers don't want the Insurance Capital Standard in its current form, angering EU and US negotiators alike. Eiopa looks determined to carry on regardless. The IAIS is treading carefully. It is a fraught situation and some practitioners believe the standard could even collapse under its own weight, as Sarfraz Thind reports
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IFRS 17 and Solvency II: clashes on discount curve and risk margin come to the fore
17 February 2020InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 conference heard insurers are keen to leverage much of what they have implemented for Solvency II in their IFRS 17 compliance programmes, but are struggling with certain elements. Paul Walsh and Christopher Cundy report