Issue: Dec 2012
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Insurers eye CPPI structures for next generation of savings products
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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 than other types of funds. But...
EDITOR'S LETTER
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New rules on over-the-counter derivatives are set to have a significant impact on the insurance industry. The rules, the European Market Infrastructure...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
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The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) is currently consulting on interim measures, covering areas such as risk governance...
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New own funds specifications add capital restrictions
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New technical specifications on Solvency II’s capital requirements make some significant changes to the way insurers calculate their own funds, but...
Model behaviour: supervisors grapple with internal model approval
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With regulators struggling to get comfortable with insurers’ internal models, and with the memory of the subprime crisis still lingering, the question...
New perceptions: how insurers must raise their game in credit risk management
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The recent financial crises have changed the way insurers and asset managers view credit risk, revealing a fundamental misunderstanding of the risk...
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Fat tails via utility-based entropy
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Asset returns are well known to be fat-tailed, but widely used classical econometric techniques are not well suited for building such distributions...
Sponsored feature: Northern Trust
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A low-yield environment and regulatory requirements have increased the cost of doing business. Faced with these pressures, Northern Trust expects to...
Collateral Management Survey 2012: insurers unprepared for OTC cleared regime
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The move to central clearing of OTC derivatives trades will have a dramatic impact on the insurance industry’s use of collateral. A survey, conducted...
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Investment in infrastructure set to rise as insurers seek yield
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Swiss Re infrastructure deal shows developing appetite of insurers to finance long-term projects
Small reinsurers ‘shortening bond durations’ to protect against interest rate volatility
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Companies prepared to take ALM mismatch to access higher yields on reinvestment
German insurers' life guarantee reserves 'to double' in 2013 as low yields bite
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Increased ZZR reserves 'threat to insurers' business model'
Insurers begin 'cautious' re-risking of investment portfolios as yields slump
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Third-quarter results show small increase in equity exposure and lower-grade corporates
Calls for Eiopa to clarify non-life cat SCR technical specifications
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Specifications unclear on premium volume definition for risk-factor calculation, say actuaries
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