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News
Loss-making Qudos suspends underwriting
Danish insurer stops writing new policies and plans to transfer loss-making business
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UK drafts post-Brexit changes to Solvency II
Six key amendments identified
IMF supports global capital standard for insurers
Solvency II is welcome, but broader coverage is needed to minimise economic threats
Insurance M&A deal value set to rise by 150% in 2018
Market conditions point to a continued push for insurance deals in the US and Bermuda
Aegon seeks investors for RT1 debt issue
Ivass calls for less burdensome Solvency II capital calculations
Transamerica to pay $195m to settle universal life lawsuit
Liberty draws on client demand to raise fine art capacity
Conning adds cloud facility to risk management software
Paul Fulcher joins consulting and actuarial firm
Aon: global insurer capital grew to $4.5bn in H1 2017
Analysis
German life book consolidation: cultural shift needed
Following the sale of Generali Leben to Viridium, the largest-ever transfer of a German life book, participants are hopeful it will convince doubtful minds and open the door to more deals. Christopher Cundy reports
InsuranceERM's Technology Guide 2018-19 is now live
Christopher Cundy introduces this year's guide to risk, capital and asset management software
Tokio Marine overhauls risk management systems
The Japanese insurance group has upgraded its risk management processes to eliminate manual interventions and deliver an enhanced view of group risk. Christopher Cundy reports
Capital modelling: building a better correlations matrix
Correlation matrices have a major influence on how internal models allocate capital, but conventional processes sometimes struggle to make sense from a business perspective. Colin Kerley suggests an alternative approach
EU supervisors insist Solvency II risk margin "is not an issue"
Insurers’ calls for a recalibration of the risk margin are being ignored by Eiopa and national supervisors, as evidenced at Insurance Europe's conference in Brussels last week. Aggelos Andreou reports
German actuaries tell Eiopa: "Stick to your remit"
DAV vice-president Guido Bader talks to David Walker about how the country's actuaries are concerned by Eiopa's new ideas for Solvency II – and the lack of testing around them