Insurance Risk
Technological firepower
Technological firepower
UK industry asks European Commission for certainty on Solvency II transition
UK industry asks European Commission for certainty on Solvency II transition
Not seeking Solvency II equivalence “business opportunity” for Guernsey
Not seeking equivalence “business opportunity” for Guernsey
Internal model should not be mandatory for VA business – MetLife
Internal model should not be mandatory for VA business – MetLife
Irish sovereign annuities could reduce pension liabilities by 30%
Irish sovereign annuities could reduce pension liabilities by 30%
JP Morgan completes first longevity swap on non-retirees
JP Morgan completes first longevity swap on non-retirees
High cost of longevity derisking sees ABP consider alternative hedges
Europe’s largest pension fund is priced out of longevity securities market but looks to investments linked to the elderly as longevity hedge
Real estate provides inflation hedging – but only over the long-term
Correlation between inflation and real estate investment can be negative in the short term but almost perfect on a long-term time horizon
Industry fears Eiopa could “over-engineer” Solvency II
Insurers wary of new European standard setter’s legal powers
Swiss Re calls for governments to issue longevity bonds
Leading provider of longevity derisking calls for governments to enter the market
Eiopa announces management board and acting chairman
Ceiops replacement goes live
Confidence in controlling risk measures
Insurers increasingly use stochastic simulation approaches for estimating risk capital, but numerical errors are rarely measured. A control variate method can improve the accuracy dramatically without increasing the number of simulations.
State pension rollback provides opportunity for insurers
Out of the ashes
Infrastructure - opportunity for pension funds and insurers?
Building capital
Central Europe - insurers look to overcome region's ALM challenges
Taking the centre ground
Industry and regulators face off over captives’ proportionality exception
Industry and regulators face off over captives’ proportionality exception
Swiss Re launches inaugural trend risk securitisation
Swiss Re launches inaugural trend risk securitisation
New opportunities
New opportunities
Cloud computing gains traction but doubts remain
A cloudy outlook
Cutting capital constraints
Cutting capital constraints
Corporate bonds - safer than sovereigns?
The new safe haven
Insurers' Solvency II programmes unrealistic, suggests PwC survey
Insurers' over-confidence about their Solvency II preparations could mean a last-minute rush to the finish line, according to a PwC survey
Insurers ring changes in Asian businesses
Axa, Manulife and Prudential all make changes in management of subsidiaries in key growth market for 2011