Insurance Risk
Putting a price on long-term life insurance business
Allianz's Thomas Wilson re-examines how firms measure the value of capital-intensive products
Experts warn on simplistic approach to vendor risk
Magnitude of exposures "very difficult" to size
The case for levying an Eiopa 'tax'
Chair is hopeful European Commission may address structural problem of funding regulator
Irish supervisor sees insurance pricing as prudential issue
Regulator takes hands-on approach following insurance failures
Bernardino: systemic reinsurers should get no special treatment
Eiopa chairman speaks to Risk.net on G-Siis, derivatives use and regulation of securities financing
MetLife puts forward alternative approach to G-Sii designation
NTNI definition could be dropped from G-Sii assessment and replaced by liquidity measures, says insurer
Insurers should prep for questions on pro-cyclicality
Regulatory agenda shifting to systemic risk of herding
ESRB's buffer plan would worsen systemic risk – insurers
Industry and regulators at loggerheads over pro-cyclicality
Testing interest rate models for Solvency II applications
Alexey Botvinnik and Vladimir Ostrovski propose a validation method for interest rate models
UK insurance association slams ESRB report
'Very poorly timed' paper misses the point on pro-cyclicality, says ABI’s head of regulation
Banks unyielding in contract talks on clearing
European buy-siders that leave clearing-contract talks too late could be told 'take it or leave it', lawyers warn
Banks pitch flexible ‘sunset CSAs’ for pension funds, insurers
New-style contracts allow clients to post government bonds as swap collateral until clearing exemption ends
Managing pension risk: The UK leads the way
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Interview: Zurich's Cecilia Reyes on going from CIO to CRO
Risk teams urged not to "obsess over downside" at Swiss insurer
Solvency II a poor reflection of 'actual' capital – Moody's
Rating agency joins Fitch and S&P in questioning ‘uneconomic' elements of directive
The ideas on offer to calm buy-side repo fears
Comprehensive solution to the challenges pension funds will face under central clearing remains out of reach
Hedge, reinsure or restructure: insurers mull risk-margin fixes
Advisers are pitching ideas to help companies deal with rate-sensitive risk margin
Changes to fundamental spread help UK insurers, not others
Recalibration of part of Solvency II makes little difference to euro volatility adjustment
Plenty of life in the longevity risk market
Winners' Circle: Prudential Financial
Insurers must perform balancing act
Winners' Circle: RBS
G-Siis must get used to regulatory pressure on two fronts
Contradictions between systemic risk rules and solvency regulations seem unavoidable
Applying risk technology and data in a ‘brave new world’
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Insurers grabbing 'structural premiums' as banks step back
Firms benefiting from 'relatively favourable' regulation
Insurers wary of capital 'uncertainty' in multi-asset funds
Firms concerned about modelling future portfolio changes