Insurance
Commission hopes to cut infrastructure charges before 2016
Aggressive timetable outlined for reassessment of infrastructure capital charges
Solvency II actuarial role lacks clarity, say critics
Country differences could add expense and create confusion
Clash of rules threatens to split Swedish insurers
Firms will face difficult choices when joint insurance-pensions regime ends
Sovereign catastrophe risk transfer in Asia faces barriers
While the region is peril-prone no risk transfer deal has been done at state level
Conduct risk: put customers first says Eiopa's Bernardino
Regulatory scrutiny will go deeper than point of sale
Hong Kong RBC proposals could lead to inconsistency – Axa Asia CRO
Proposals diverge from market-based approach
In limbo: insurers await PRA views on matching adjustment
Industry hoping for favourable outcome from pre-applications
Internal model firms tested by delays on equivalence
European parliament urges commission to act
MetLife Sifi fight draws in state regulators
Insurance commissioners say views ignored by federal agencies
Insurers struggle to manage risk of infrastructure U-turns
Mitigating political risk is tough, but more can be done
Lessons from Japan for Europe's life firms
Insurance failures at the end of the 1990s show how not to survive low rates
Terrorism risk act poses challenges for US monolines
Higher loss trigger will force smaller insurers to reassess risk appetite
Bottom of the class: Eiopa stress-test underperformers compared
How firms and regulators are responding to pressures highlighted by November survey
Ignore Eiopa's stress test results at your peril
Worst-case scenario looks worryingly possible
Gaps in US captive rules will slow reserve financing market
Capital charge uncertainty expected to affect first quarter activity
Eiopa Insurance Stress Test – Should alarm bells be ringing?
Sponsored feature: Pimco
IAIS keeps options open with first proposals for global standard
Standard-setter defers decision on valuation basis
Paul Stanworth, L&G, on liability-matching 'fringe' assets
UK insurer plans wider range of investments for annuity fund
Insurance proxy modelling: the weight of success
Clive Davidson reviews how proxy models have developed since their inception a decade ago
Expanding the benchmarked equity portfolio management paradigm
Hamza Bahaji, Stephanie Ridon and Emmanuel Bourdeix propose a tracking error driven allocation approach applicable to a broad equity universe
Eiopa cuts matching adjustment risk margin
UK insurers welcome additional capital relief
EU insurance stress tests reveal industry vulnerability to ‘Japanification’
Quarter of firms would suffer negative cashflows in prolonged low interest rate scenario
Piling on the pounds: Aviva-Friends Life reflects appetite for scale
Insurance tie-up is part of trend for firms to maximise efficiencies
Now is the time for clarity
Matching adjustment process shows how regulatory confusion might be resolved in practice