Archive

  • ComFrame's second draft shows improvement, but issues remain

    17 January 2014

    Global capital standard questioned

  • Getting women on board

    16 January 2014

    The insurance business has a lack of women in senior leadership roles. Jamie Bullen talks to several high flying women to find out what more can be done, the importance of networking and whether quotas should be introduced

  • American life insurers admit regulatory challenges

    16 January 2014

    Half of North American life industry expecting to change product design

  • Perils estimates Xaver insured loss at €680m

    16 January 2014

    Windstorm hit Western and Northern Europe in early December

  • Finma CEO steps down

    16 January 2014

    Patrick Raaflaub is leaving the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

  • Solvency II level 2 texts released for "unofficial" consultation - UPDATED

    16 January 2014

    Contract boundaries and credit risk adjustment are prime concerns

  • German life insurers to benefit from cut in maximum rate

    15 January 2014

    Moody's says actuarial decision is positive for firms

  • The ORSA gallops around the world

    14 January 2014

    Common in concept, but implemented according to local taste, the own risk and solvency assessment (ORSA) has become a global tool for risk management and supervision. Eamonn Phelan and Padraic O'Malley document the spread of ORSA reporting

  • Conning offers US insurers trade finance investments

    14 January 2014

    NAIC recently approved trade finance as an investable asset

  • German insurers fight "unreasonably high" Solvency II infrastructure capital charge

    14 January 2014

    Unlisted renewables and infrastructure should have 20% capital charge, says GDV