Articles by Aaron Woolner
Capital levels for Sampension would have tripled under Solvency II without retreat from intentional guarantees
Longevity component of Solvency II drives Danish pension fund away from hard guarantees
Green light for new European insurance and pension supervisor
Deal reached on replacement for Ceiops
Danish pension funds hit out at cross-subsidy regulation
PKA and Sampension say cross-subsidy regulation threatens Danish pension system
Lack of credit for dynamic hedging in QIS 5 driven by ideology, not economics
Old Mutual questions the lack of capital credit for dynamic hedging in QIS 5
Dynamic future for post-Solvency II asset allocation
Solvency II is set to dramatically overhaul insurers’ approach to asset allocation – with potentially dramatic consequences for the bond markets. Aaron Woolner reports
LLMA on course to publish first longevity index by end of 2010
LLMA will add a fillip to longevity derisking market with standardised indices
PPF offers potential £80 billion boost to longevity market
UK’s PPF is open to longevity derisking – at the right price
Brazil opts for IAIS approach to risk-based regulation
Brazil declines to take a Solvency II approach to insurance regulation choosing IAIS mode
European insurers would need regulatory action to survive Greek default
Fitch Ratings stress test concludes that eight european insurers would require "further analysis" after sovereign risk fallout
Solvency II poses bigger danger to economic stability than bank refinancing
Refinancing risk dwarfed by Solvency II’s impact on insurer appetite for corporate debt
Morgan Stanley and UBS boost LLMA membership to 10
Life & Longevity Markets Association gains momentum
Shift to CPI will not impact pension fund inflation hedging demand – M&G
Limited impact of CPI change on pension funds inflation hedging
OECD urges pension regulators to reduce importance of market consistency in stressed periods
OECD argues market values should not drive pension regulation
The longevity challenge of care annuities
For most of the life industry, getting policyholder longevity predictions accurate to a few months of the realised experience would be cause for celebration. But for care annuity provider Partnership, this level of accuracy could be disastrous. Aaron…
Slovenia gears up for Solvency II challenge
In the last 20 years, the Slovene life industry has battled inflation rates of close to 2000%, sector-wide insolvency and is now readying for its first experience of risk-based capital regulation with the advent of Solvency II. Aaron Woolner reports
Sampension moves to intentional guarantees
Copenhagen fund agrees to move to intentional guarantees to avoid Solvency II charges
ING warns of ‘dramatic divergence’ in interest rates if euro fails
Widely diverging interest rates could occur if EMU is dissolved, warns Dutch insurer
QIS 5 specifications add complexity
Insurers face greater complexity under EC's final QIS 5 specifications