Insurance Risk
Regulators debate governance at Life & Pension Risk’s Nordic conference in Copenhagen
Meeting the challenge
Omnibus II set to push back Solvency II implementation even further
The art of compromise
Video: De-risking pension liabilities
Emanuel Eftimiu speaks to Kelvin Wilson, associate director, Grant Thornton about defined pension fund liabilities and what they mean for private equity buyers.
Council of Europe pushes full implementation date of Solvency II back to 2019
Full impact of Solvency II’s interest rate term structure will not be felt until seven years after the directive’s introduction
Negative long-term US inflation outlook means hedging currently underpriced for insurers and pension funds
Current US economic data is masking the cheapness of inflation hedging
Theory to practice - Book review: Longevity Risk
Theory to practice
Withstanding disaster - Suncorp profile
Withstanding disaster
Internal model approval – the regulator’s view
The perfect model
Too big to invest? Asset allocation for supersize pension funds
Too big to invest?
Internal model compulsory for variable annuity providers in Ireland, says BOI’s Elderfield
Internal model compulsory for variable annuity providers in Ireland, says BOI’s Elderfield
Solvency II could alter product mix of US subsidiaries of European insurers
Solvency II could alter product mix of US subsidiaries of European insurers
Rothesay offloads longevity risk to US
Rothesay offloads longevity risk to US
Pension funds must focus on ‘left tail’ risk
Pension funds must focus on ‘left tail’ risk
The diverse approach
The diverse approach
LPR Nordics: Sampension hits back at guarantee switch critics
The CEO of the Danish pension fund mounts a robust defence of his decision to remove the legal basis of its product guarantees
LPR Nordics: Danish FSA warns industry against Solvency II "compliance exercise"
Top Danish insurance and pensions regulator uses Life & Pension Risk Nordic conference to caution firms not to treat new regulation as a box-ticking exercise - or to rely on delays
Less than 50% of insurers think industry will meet Solvency II deadline, survey finds
Less than 50% of insurers think industry will meet Solvency II deadline, survey finds
Eiopa’s Bernardino: stress tests are Solvency II trial run
Eiopa’s Bernardino: stress tests are Solvency II trial run
Using external data to calibrate Solvency II internal models
External solutions
Understanding the hidden risk of Solvency II
The hidden risk