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Double jeopardy
Accurately estimating longevity risk has been a thankless task for insurers, but questions are being raised that Solvency II's standard model could result in companies 'double counting' their capital requirements...
The EUR29 billion Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has a mandate to pre-fund France's state sector pension liabilities between 2020 and 2040. The unique nature of its mandate means it could take...
An increasing number of insurers are turning to replicating portfolios to improve their understanding of the risks on their books. But has the recent bout of economic turmoil proved the worth of this technique?...
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Cutting credit
Weaknesses in the structural make-up of catastrophe bonds, exposed by Lehman Brothers' collapse, have prompted issuers to introduce a series of updates to the asset class aimed at de-correlating insurance risk from credit risk. Hardeep Dhillon reports...
Eastern promise
The fall in central and eastern European currencies has triggered a debt crisis in the region, causing many investors to panic and take flight.But not life insurers, who still see huge potential in the markets there. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
Steering solvency
Austria's Financial Market Authority (FMA) maintains a fairly conservative approach to the supervision of insurance firms, which has shielded many of them from the worst effects of the financial crisis. But with Solvency II around the corner, how far...
Perfect storm
The fall in equity prices, combined with a sharp drop in bond yields, has decimated the funding positions of pension schemes across the globe. With many companies tottering under the weight of ballooning pension deficits, could this be the spark for the...
Look Back
What is the real story with Quantum Asset Management? Mark Mathias, chief executive of the UK distributor, told journalists at the beginning of April that Quantum did not see any attractive opportunities in the structured products market in the immediate...
Swap till you drop
Hot on the heels of Norwich Union becoming the third insurer to agree a longevity swap deal, rumours abound that pension schemes will follow suit. But obstacles to market development remain. Aaron Woolner reports
Relief in store
The precipitous decline in long-term bond and swap rates at the end of 2008 focused attention on how to truly value long-term liabilities. Storebrand says it has come up with a market-consistent solution that, if integrated into Solvency II, would stabilise...
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