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Solvency II, even before it goes live, is having an impact far beyond the 30 European countries it applies to. Three countries have applied for equivalence with the EU regime, eight others are interested in the transitional equivalence provisions and other countries are adopting some of the principles of Solvency II, as Lorna Davies reports
Eiopa says only Bermuda, Switzerland and Japan likely to gain SII equivalence by 2014
But will slow in 2012, says Moody's
Non-life premium increased 16% in 2011
Fitch points to last year's Asia-Pacific losses
Some large Asian insurers are raising the level of their risk and capital management to reflect key elements of Solvency II but in its detail the directive represents a European framework and may not fit all requirements of Asian markets, as Graham Handy, Philip Rodd, Russel Lok and Sumit Narayanan explain
Standard Life boosted by Canada
New national catastrophe fund won't help them either, says Moody's