Insurance Risk
Elevated status: insurance CROs overshadowing investment peers
Europe’s risk-based capital approach is adding clout to the role of the CRO
Maltese insurers grapple with Pillar 3 requirements
Cost and time pressure of reporting obligation “most challenging” aspect
UK firms prep Vif hedging options
Unit-linked providers reviewing options to maximise benefit of new rules
PRA could be more flexible on matching adjustment collateral
Rigid view forces repapering of trades with no benefit for policyholders
Q&A: Eiopa approach wrong on government bonds, says Ivass director
Corinti: Modelling sovereign risk should not be a Pillar 1 requirement
Why insurance regulators are split on sovereign risk
North-south divide as some say Eiopa approach is wrong
Life firms look to build on mortgage lending success
Dutch approach could be copied elsewhere in Europe
Insurers strive to model cyber crime
Firms are battling against a lack of data with which to model policies
Firms struggle to replicate Eiopa volatility calculations
Insurers unable to accurately forecast key regulatory numbers
Insurers count cost as supervisors embrace RRPs
Recovery plans catching on as domestic regulatory tool
Conduct remedies should focus on value not price
Regulator overlooking wider customer benefits, says PwC's Steve Folkard
Q&A: Standard Life's Singh on changes in risk management
Regulation and tough markets put risk centre-stage, says CRO
A paradigm shift on sovereign risk
Opinions changing on capital treatment of government bonds
Better together: insurers hear case for op risk unity
Firms seeking common ground in the modelling of operational risk
PRA view on sovereign risk hedging too simplistic, say experts
UK regulator failing to consider complexities of risk free rate
‘Fixed is fixed’ – DNB stands firm on matching adjustment
Dutch regulator unmoved on mortgages and group pensions
UK life firms rethink forex hedging after PRA note
Matching adjustment applicants using forex forwards have little time to adjust
BoE challenged US Treasury on G-Sii status of Berkshire Hathaway
Disagreement among FSB members pointed to by BoE letter
Markets specialists make push into VA modelling
Actuarial system vendors face growing competition
Fed takes hands-on approach to thrift-owning insurers
Savings and loan holding companies get used to closer scrutiny
Firms’ twin fears of complexity and gold-plating
Industry concerned about over-engineering of regulation
Longevity risk hedging with a population-based index solution
Cedric Fetiveau and Chenye Jia propose a method to measure longevity risk
EU infrastructure funding risks ‘crowding out' insurers
Strategic fund could force down yields, says Insurance Europe
How to assess standard formula appropriateness
The areas where firms must work hardest to show suitability