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News
Loss-making Qudos suspends underwriting
Danish insurer stops writing new policies and plans to transfer loss-making business
InsuranceERM Awards 2018-2019 open for entry
Be recognised for individual, team and company excellence in the UK and European insurance markets by entering the annual awards
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
Aegon seeks investors for RT1 debt issue
Has capacity for €2bn of contingent convertible debt
Ivass calls for less burdensome Solvency II capital calculations
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
Analysts welcome UK's move to improve solvency capital disclosure
PRA warns industry over aggressive capital optimisation
Vaudoise bucks European trend and posts non-life profits
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
IFRS 17 earnings recognition: challenges, opportunities and innovations
Luca Tres and Adam Robinson discuss IFRS 17 and its earning recognition criteria from a capital markets and insurance practitioner's perspective, and consider the challenges and the opportunities this presents
Insurers make 'short work' of SFCR internal model disclosures
David Walker compares how firms describe internal models in their solvency and financial condition reports and considers how the practice may evolve
The PRA's David Rule on Brexit, the risk margin and the regulator's hotspots for supervision in 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
Finalists announced for InsuranceERM Awards
See which companies, teams and individuals have made the shortlist for this year's awards for risk and capital management
Lapse risk takes centre stage in capital management strategies
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