Insurance Risk
If everyone says we got QIS 5 wrong, then we must have got it right: van Hulle
European Commission rejects industry criticism over the calibration of QIS 5
Sovereign stress and its impact on bond portfolios
The sovereign earthquake
Life & Pension Risk - 2010 awards
Life & Pension Risk rewards best practice and innovative thinking in its 2010 awards
Focus on liquidity premium for annuity providers neglects policyholder interests
Ceiops governance committee chair says ABI’s focus on liquidity premium gives too much weight to industry opinion
Pension Protection Fund levy to incorporate investment risk
PPF consults over basing the majority of levy payments on the level of scheme’s risk
Solvency II standard formula not serving intended purpose - Swiss Re CRO
Raj Singh tells Life & Pension Risk's annual Solvency II conference in London that Europe should opt for a Swiss-style approach
US equivalence "impossible" in forseeable future - Allianz CRO
CRO says lack of market consistency will prevent regime being granted equivalent status under Solvency II - and this will lead to European companies being disadvantaged
Total return swaps – pension funds seek security in uncertain markets
Many happy returns
Solvency II equivalency: time to end the phoney war
End the phoney war
Potential back-door route to Solvency II equivalence for US insurers
EC outlines potential route for US insurance regulatory regime being granted equivalent status to Solvency II
ATP hits out at resurgence of hybrids
Hybrid debt is in the firing line for offering equity risk but only bond yields