Solvency ii
Commission targets January start for long-term guarantees assessment
Concerns political argeement on terms of reference may not be imminent
Eiopa chairman's proposals 'a step backwards' in creating European solvency framework
Swiss Re infrastructure deal shows developing appetite of insurers to finance long-term projects
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New own funds specifications add capital restrictions
New technical specifications on Solvency II’s capital requirements make some significant changes to the way insurers calculate their own funds, but they also leave some unanswered questions. Louie Woodall reports
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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 see European insurers use asset pooling and tax-transparent fund vehicles in their investment businesses...
Model behaviour: supervisors grapple with internal model approval
With regulators struggling to get comfortable with insurers’ internal models, and with the memory of the subprime crisis still lingering, the question of how to ensure that the models are robust is worrying supervisors. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports...
Risk governance and reporting elements of Solvency II should be implemented...
Eiopa chairman says it is time to 'move on' with Solvency II as lack of certainty is threatening EU's credibility
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BNP Paribas Total return swaps on the iBoxx corporate bond indexes were started last year by a working group of banks in which BNP Paribas took a leading role, alongside Markit. The French bank worked with JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley in the early development...
Mutuals warn of capital threat from UK 'twin peaks' regulation
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