Insurance Risk - VOL. 9/ISSUE NO. 1

Articles in this issue
Insurance Risk North America: Insurers must 'break addiction to policy guarantees' in low-rate environment
Lack of product innovation means not enough products work in the low interest rate environment, panellists complain
Insurance Risk North America: insurers behind on risk assessment framework for Orsa
Survey finds insurers still have significant work to do in order to meet 2015 Orsa deadline
Insurers pose less systemic risk than banks, shows study
Geneva Association research shows proposals for regulating systemically risky insurers are'misguided'
Insurers grapple with Solvency II economic capital projections
Capital projection
Insurers wrestle with Solvency II internal model change policies
Supervisors say existing guidance has yet to be tested and may not work
Insurers look to negotiate CSAs ahead of new clearing rules
Support structures
Insurers welcome FSA concessions on mutual capital
But questions remain over cost and complexity of regulator's proposals
Long-term guarantees test specifications to be published on test launch day
Fears that delay in releasing specifications will lead to inaccurate results
Lawyers question Eiopa’s powers to soft-launch Solvency II
Authority promises guidelines on early implementation of risk governance and Orsa rules, but some doubt remains
Cat bond market poised to boom in 2013
Bond boom
The question is not when Solvency II will come into effect, but in what form
The question is not when Solvency II will come into effect, but in what form
Impact-adjusted valuation and the criticality of leverage
Impact-adjusted valuation and the criticality of leverage