Insurance Risk - Sep 2016

Articles in this issue
Brexit leaves insurers playing regulation waiting game
Local regime likely to be tougher than Solvency II, although risk margin might change
FSB endorsement missing from new G-Sii methodology
Financial Stability Board has not given seal of approval to designation method, French regulator voted against it
BlackRock pitching long-short ETF trades as cash alternative
Investors turning to ‘cash-and-carry’ approach using exchange-traded funds
Negative rates force decline in yen life products
Japan’s life firms are increasingly focused on foreign-currency products
Transitional resets pose reporting challenge for insurers
Uncertainty over approval process leaves firms “in limbo”
Insurance capital standard can be forged on time – Cadoni
Chair of IAIS working group asserts ICS will not be mere capital backstop
Matching adjustment repack structures revealed
Public company filings show details of Aviva’s single senior note structure, L&G’s £6 billion forex repack
No subordination: Aviva’s clever matching adjustment repack
Insurer's repack vehicle issued only single senior note