Michael Faulkner
UK annuity providers review credit risk strategies
With the implementation of Solvency II now almost certainly delayed for at least two years, UK annuity providers are beginning to reassess their credit asset allocation strategies, as they look to optimise...
As banks have pulled back from funding infrastructure projects, life insurers have stepped in to fill the void, but deals remain limited in scope. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
The Nordic countries have introduced innovative measures to help insurers combat the low interest rates in the region. But these measures have brought their own problems for the insurance industry. Are...
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Variable annuity products must avoid the derivatives witch hunt
Warren Buffet once famously described derivatives as “financial weapons of mass destruction”. The ‘Sage of Omaha’, in one of his annual letters to shareholders in his Berkshire Hathaway company, described derivatives as “time bombs”, both...
Defined benefit pension strategy with stochastic volatility
A crucial question in the investment strategy for a defined benefit pension fund is how this strategy will influence the time evolution of the funding level, i.e. the ratio of assets divided by liabilities. Most pension funds split their investment portfolio...
Van Hulle: Long-term investment agenda must not side-track Solvency...
Political focus on promoting long-term finance could be detrimental to insurance industry, warns European Commission's former Solvency II leader
Q&A: Karel Van Hulle on Solvency II delays and the challenges ahead
Karel Van Hulle was instrumental in the introduction of the Solvency II Directive. He speaks to Insurance Risk about his views on the progress of the regime and what retirement holds for him
Insurers increase equity exposure despite risk management challenges...
This year is being mooted as the year of the 'great rotation' by investors out of bonds and into equities. For their part, insurers are modestly increasing their equity exposure in pursuit of more attractive yields. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports on the...
Extensive reporting guidelines in Solvency II interim measures 'will...
Eiopa says measures will help supervisors and insurers prepare for Solvency II
Insurers 'should be exempt from initial margining requirements' on ALM...
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