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08 April 2025

US RBC modernisation: what to expect from the capital rule review

US regulators have initiated a reappraisal of the Risk-Based Capital rules and how future reforms should be made. Sarfraz Thind and Christopher Cundy report
12 February 2025

Costa Rica's Tomás Soley: from regulatory zero to flourishing framework

Costa Rica's insurance superintendent talks to Joshua Geer about how he built a regulatory framework from scratch and the importance of sustainability in the country's market
14 October 2024

Time to adopt ICS, conclude AM comparable

The deadline to adopt the Insurance Capital Standard is fast approaching and a crucial decision on comparability with the US Aggregation Method awaits. ACLI's Mariana Gomez-Vock argues it is time for supervisors to resolve their differences
26 February 2024

Bermuda's tax bomb is a boon, says Karel Van Hulle

From new tax rules to an ever-expanding life market, Bermuda is in a transformational phase. Karel Van Hulle, the father of Solvency II and a BMA board member, tells Sarfraz Thind why these changes will do the market good
09 January 2024

Thabile Nyaba: tackling poverty, climate risk and diversity in South Africa

Old Mutual Insure's chief risk and sustainability officer explains how poverty, climate risk and geopolitics are impacting South Africa's insurance market. Nevertheless, she says there are many opportunities for insurers. Ronan McCaughey writes

News

  • Japan's insurers enter new solvency regime with healthy margins, says S&P Global Ratings

    31 March 2026

    M&A, operating performance and equity sell-off cited for robust capital position

  • ICICI Prudential Life Insurance to use PathWise modelling platform

    03 February 2026

  • Fitch predicts risk-cutting in South Korea ahead of core ratio proposed from 2027

    29 January 2026

    FSC revealed plans for new ratio this month

  • Taiwan discusses life insurer solvency and new capital rules after FX market shock

    29 May 2025

    TW-ICS regulations are due to take effect next January

  • Hong Kong's capital and accounting regimes promote "more strategic approach" to capital

    23 May 2025

    Fitch Ratings also praises enhanced comparability between insurers

  • FWD reveals capital strength in plans to list in Hong Kong

    20 May 2025

    Hong Kong-headquartered group released filing document yesterday

  • Aegon finalises plan for transition to Bermuda's solvency regime

    16 May 2025

    Group will fully adopt Bermudian framework from 2028

  • NAIC's RBC disclosure curb will create uncertainty and make insurer shares less attractive, says Aegon

    28 March 2025

    Comments come after NAIC committee motions to stop RBC figures being released publicly

  • NAIC creates RBC task force to assess future risks

    21 February 2025

    Task force will be led by Wisconsin's Houdek and Ohio's French

  • Cayman Islands regulator hits back at regulatory arbitrage claims

    19 February 2025

    Cima responds to comments made by Athene executives last week

  • Monument Re gets Bermuda approval to use scenario-based approach

    01 August 2024

    Life reinsurer's solvency ratio rose in 2023 from 167% to 174%

  • Countries to begin assessing Insurance Capital Standard implementation in 2026 - UPDATED

    28 June 2024

    Latest version of ICS published ahead of finalisation later this year

  • Hong Kong regulator agrees to RBC concessions after industry consultation

    26 April 2024

    But Insurance Authority rebuffs requests for change to capital amounts and actuarial appointments

  • "Resilient" ICS will pass despite obstacles

    25 April 2024

    But IAIS will have to satisfy US demands to get Insurance Capital Standard done, say ex-regulators

  • Brighthouse's RBC ratio rises after new hedging valuation rules

    13 February 2024

    US life insurer implemented updates to VM-21 in Q4 2023

Special report

Actuarial Modelling Special Report 2025

Examining trends in actuarial modelling systems and processes that are improving the performance and efficiency of actuarial tasks.
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