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Across Europe insurers are reporting uneven progress in their preparations to meet the Orsa requirements, with many firms struggling to adapt their practices to the new regime. Ellen Davis reports
Arguments on artificial volatility dampeners must focus on fundamentals, warns Skinner
Debate on matching and counter-cyclical premiums must not remain linked to needs of specific...
Economic turmoil taxes market risk models
Managing market risk is a key issue for life insurers. Clive Davidson looks at the challenges...
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National European regulators are moving forward with Solvency II implementation at varying speeds. With Omnibus II still to be finalised...
Low interest rates and market volatility are unsettling variable annuity providers in the US. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports on how...
Life insurers and pension funds have been using commodities as a portfolio diversifier for years. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports...
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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...
UK insurance group RSA has embraced Solvency II. Last month, the group was awarded insurance risk manager of the year by Life & Pension Risk’s sister...
Gaussian copula models are often used in the industry when single-asset information is quoted but little is known about their joint relation. These...
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Gaussian copula models are often used in the industry when single-asset information is quoted but little is known about their joint relation. These...
The calculation of value-at-risk by historical simulation suffers increasingly from the problem of missing market data as the number of time series being...
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