Insurance
European Insurers face downgrades amid continuing sovereign debt crisis
Generali subsidiaries and Groupama receive downgrades; Aviva placed under review
Sovereign debt crisis spurs investment in cat bonds
Life insurers and pension funds using insurance-linked securities as diversifier, as deal activity jumps in fourth quarter
Eiopa to perform insurer stress test next year
Tests will not be based on QIS 5 calibrations, says Montalvo
New insurer 'to cut buy-out costs' for DB schemes
Long Acre Life will use mutual concept to reduce ultimate buy-out cost for pension funds
Dutch regulator urges insurers to report under Solvency II in 2012
Reporting under market-consistent framework would assist transition to new regime, says DNB
Book review: Risk Management for Insurers
Risk and reward
Insurers look to optimise curve-fitting technique
The learning curve
Plans for US Orsa gather pace
The American dream
Lessons learned from the Swiss Solvency Test
Swiss-based capital
Case study: Friends Life’s investment governance framework
Breathing new life
Insurers and pension funds eye emerging market debt
New horizons
Solvency II for pensions could be ‘killer blow’ for UK schemes
Solvency II for pensions could be ‘killer blow’ for UK schemes
Trade bodies gear up for Solvency II impact studies
Trade bodies gear up for Solvency II impact studies
Capital levels hold up despite euro crisis as insurers de-risk
Capital levels hold up despite euro crisis as insurers de-risk
Investment structure key to attracting pension funds to UK infrastructure plan
Investment structure key to attracting pension funds to UK infrastructure plan
As good as it gets?
As good as it gets?
Sponsor covenants in risk-based capital
Sponsor covenants in risk-based capital
CPI-linked gilts will not be issued next year, says government
Concerns over unsustainable demand and market fragmentation halt issuance of gilts linked to consumer price index
Eurozone debt writedown could cost insurers €143bn
Prolonged low interest rates could threaten insurers’ solvency, Swiss Re warns
Rolls-Royce completes £3bn longevity swap deal
Deal is latest in longevity swap trend that has seen more than £11 billion in pension scheme liability risks transferred to banks and insurers
EU financial transaction tax proposals would hit pensions hard, say experts
Pension funds could soon have to bear the cost of a Europe-wide tax on equity, bonds, currency and derivative transactions, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds
Swiss regulator to limit insurer internal model use
Finma to increase focus on standard model for Swiss Solvency Test after underestimating resources needed to approve internal models
Details of matching premium and treatment of EPIFP emerge in Commission paper
ABI says proposals are disappointing and the European Commission has ignored many of the industry's calls for change to Solvency II rules
US Orsa moves closer as draft proposals get green light
Rapid implementation process anticipated after working group approves draft