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Insurers eye CPPI structures for next generation of savings products
Insurers are investigating a new breed of fund mechanism – the ICPPI – which allows them to offer individualised guarantees on their products more cheaply and flexibly...
UK regulator right to retain flexibility to force changes on internal models
Head of the PRA plans to use early warning indicators in supervisory work, notwithstanding the...
US insurers target European commercial real estate debt
Attractive yields and supply demand mismatch spur interest
- Insurers target value-in-force monetisation transactions to boost regulatory capital
- Australian insurers and banks gear up for regulatory changes
- Insurers bolster inflation protection
- UK regulator right to retain flexibility to force changes on internal models
- US insurers target European commercial real estate debt
- Better risk data vital if insurers to boost disaster coverage
- Singapore presses ahead with new ERM framework for insurers
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UK insurers ‘must adapt to dual compliance burden’ as new regulators begin to flex muscles
Firms braced for duplication of compliance work amid signs that framework for regulators to share information is not working, lawyers...
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...
Group supervision and solvency vex US and EU regulatory talks
The US and Europe are at loggerheads over finding a common regulatory framework for insurers. But as they struggle to come to a...
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A panel of experts discuss the requirements of the Risk Management Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Model Act and how insurers can effectively prepare...
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By harnessing workflow insurers can develop a more robust enterprise-wide risk management framework. This webinar, in conjunction with Second Floor...
Webinar: Solvency II and the asset data management challenge
Solvency II presents considerable challenges for insurers and asset managers in terms of asset data management. Yet it is an area which to date has...
The timing of the implementation of Solvency II and the second phase of IFRS presents a major logistical challenge for insurers which are not prepared
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Omnibus II: from technical debate to political games
The development of Solvency II is in a crucial phase. The three key European law-making institutions – the European Parliament, European Council and...
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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...
Robust hedging of withdrawal guarantees
Withdrawal guarantees ensure the periodic deduction of a constant dollar amount from a fund for a fixed number of periods. If the fund is depleted before...
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