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Insurers look to volatility controls to support long-term guarantees
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As insurers look for ways to offer long-term guarantees to customers despite the challenging investment environment, some are turning to volatility control mechanisms to reduce the cost of hedging the...
EDITOR'S LETTER
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Proportionality is a fundamental principle of European law. The principle underlies everything that the European Union does and requires the European Commission...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
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Reserve financing using offshore captives is big business in the US. Yet what started as an innovative method of moving excessive reserve requirements...
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Europe and US clash over global regulatory framework
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A global scheme of insurance supervision is proving a hard goal to achieve, with the US and Europe at loggerheads. Ellen Davis reports
The state of the art: how ESGs and actuarial software are evolving
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New regulations and evolving client needs are requiring vendors of economic scenario generators and actuarial modelling systems to upgrade their products...
Low risk, high return: getting the most from a low risk asset strategy
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Market volatility has made life insurers and pension funds wary of credit risk, but yields on safer assets remain disappointing. Blake Evans-Pritchard...
Life & Pension Risk software directory 2012
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The A to Z of risk management technology for insurers
Cat bonds set for boom year as new investors eye market
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Despite a subdued level of activity in 2011, the cat bond market is expected to boom this year as new investors pile in and rates harden in the traditional...
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Sponsored statement: BNY Mellon
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In this Olympic year, many articles will draw inspiration from the competitive nature of the Games. The starting pistol has fired and Solvency II is...
Analytical risk contributions for non-linear portfolios
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The value-at-risk of portfolios needs to account for non-linear effects in the loss distribution’s dependence on risk factors. Using the classical Cornish...
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Aegon €12 billion longevity swap ‘shows appetite of capital market for diversifying assets’
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Availability of population data and risk modelling crucial to attracting investors
NAIC chief optimistic on US equivalence with Solvency II
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Work plan being developed with NAIC as European regulators seek 'different approach' to equivalence
Europe has got it wrong on hedge fund capital charge – BlackRock
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Capital charge should better reflect real risk of underlying assets, says asset manager, as survey finds insurers are looking to increase exposure to...
FSA outlines draft guidance on liquidity swap transactions
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Guidelines require notification of deals and improved risk management processes
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