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The volatility challenge
Extreme market volatility continues to make life hard for insurers. The eurozone rumbles on without any clear sign of resolution and the threats of a Greek default and wider contagion still loom ominously....
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Eiopa stress test shows threat to insurers of low interest rates
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The road to US Solvency II equivalence will be a difficult one
The US Solvency Modernisation Initiative places the country in an encouraging position for Solvency II equivalence, but there are hurdles ahead. Thomas Whittaker reports
Alternative liability modelling techniques
A recent study in the US by the Society of Actuaries and Ernst & Young has examined the effectiveness of a range of new liability modelling techniques. Clive Davidson reports on the results of the tests
Meeting the volatility challenge of guaranteed products
Volatility in the market means guarantees are getting more expensive. Blake Evans-Pritchard looks at whether companies will be able to continue to offer such products – and what this means for the consumer
European Insurers face downgrades amid continuing sovereign debt crisis...
Generali subsidiaries and Groupama receive downgrades; Aviva placed under review
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Life insurers and pension funds using insurance-linked securities as diversifier, as deal activity jumps in fourth quarter
Eiopa to perform insurer stress test next year
Tests will not be based on QIS 5 calibrations, says Montalvo
New insurer 'to cut buy-out costs' for DB schemes
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