Issue: Jul 2012
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Systemic risk debate hots up over variable annuities and ILS
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Regulators are targeting insurers’ use of variable annuities and insurance-linked securities in their fight against global systemic risk. But insurers say these products are fundamental to the way the...
EDITOR'S LETTER
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It is crunch time for Solvency II. As Insurance Risk went to press, European policy-makers had failed to reach agreement on the critical Omnibus II Directive...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
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Moves to central clearing of many derivatives will mean hedge assets and margin will be valued using the overnight interest rate. Yet insurers’ liabilities...
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Longevity modelling must evolve
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Current approaches to modelling longevity are undervaluing pension liabilities. Stochastic models should be used if the risk is to be properly accounted...
Surviving the euro storm
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The crisis in the euro area has forced Europe’s insurers to reconsider their exposure to the less salubrious sovereign debt of southern Europe. Blake...
Evolution of the liquidity exchange
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The liquidity swaps market in the UK has stalled since the FSA’s consultation on the governance of these transactions. But some see the recent handful...
Managing Solvency II's equity capital charge
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The capital charge imposed by Solvency II on equities could be costly for many life insurers. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports on where efficiency improvements...
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Market reaction to price changes and fat-tailed returns
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Jorge Sobehart departs from the idealised concept of rational investors, introducing a simple behavioural model of market reaction to price trends that...
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FSA developing early warning system for internal models
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Insurers' regulatory filings will be used to assess model perfomance
Time running out for Omnibus II negotiations as latest trilogue fails to find agreement
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Further trilogue scheduled as policy-makers seek compromise on package for long-term products before summer recess
Insurers’ remuneration will become more risk-sensitive, says incoming Bupa finance chief
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Risk management still immature at many firms, warns Evelyn Bourke
FSA fears 'tick-box' approach to risk management as insurers focus on Solvency II capital requirements
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Companies will not receive any more guidance from FSA on Orsa development
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