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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
04 December 2023

MAS's Daniel Wang on Singapore's insurance challenge

The head of the insurance department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) talks to Sarfraz Thind about tackling global risks and how the country is leveraging its climate expertise to shine on the world stage
16 October 2023

ICS remains stuck in the transatlantic rift

Thomas Sullivan, ex-Federal Reserve insurance chief, talks to Sarfraz Thind about his fight against the imposition of "European" capital standards on US markets

News

  • 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

  • Insurance Risk & Capital Bermuda - three weeks to go!

    04 October 2023

    Event takes place at Rosewood Bermuda hotel on 25 October

  • Sun Life Hong Kong becomes latest early adopter of Hong Kong's RBC regime

    06 September 2023

    The insurer joins AIA, Prudential and FWD in adopting the rules

  • South Korea's insurers to assess strategies following K-ICS implementation

    01 September 2023

    Less than half of firms using transitional measures to ease introduction of capital rules

  • RGA completes £5bn UK longevity swap, but no US PRT, in Q2

    08 August 2023

    US life and health reinsurer also closes deal with domestic Japanese insurer

  • FWD reveals key business metrics in flotation document

    13 March 2023

    Deemed hospitalisation sent Japan Covid claims rocketing in 2022

  • China's industry practitioners praise CBIRC as dissolution flagged

    10 March 2023

    Regulator's duties to be subsumed into larger body

  • International regulations fail when they favour one market, says ex-Fed chief

    07 March 2023

    Insurance rules stymied when politics get involved, US regulators say

  • Fitch questions if co-insurance demand will hold up in South Korea

    08 February 2023

    Arrangements transferred interest rate risks amid ultra-low environment

  • IAIS heralds "critical year" for Insurance Capital Standard

    12 January 2023

    Public consultation and economic impact assessment due on the ICS

  • New Zealand regulator shows compromise on actuaries' proposed roles

    22 March 2022

    RBNZ did want solvency, outsourcing and conduct insights from appointed actuaries

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