Global systemically important insurers (G-Siis)
Handful of EU banks reap benefits from domestic exposure carve-out
BNP Paribas, ING Bank and UniCredit account for more than three-fourths of G-Sib score savings from favourable intra-EU risk calculation
Eurozone G-Sib waiver cuts BNP Paribas a break
New carve-out of intra-bloc exposures prompts drop in French bank’s surcharge
Driverless insurance: regulating Prudential without the Fed
Scrutiny on largest US insurer should not be laxer than on second-tier US banks, experts warn
Fed to push ahead with capital regime for single US insurer
Prudential faces risk capital add-ons unless it sheds “systemically important” label
Simple models won’t cut it for systemic risk
Understanding interconnectedness and capturing it within models is a key challenge, say quants
Systemic rules for insurers and funds should be mutually coherent
Leverage and liquidity risks are common to both sectors, says IAIS chair Victoria Saporta
Global regulation vice-president leaves MetLife
End of Sifi designation court fight reduces need for legal and lobbying work at US insurer
Sifi snafu: Deutsche's cautionary tale
Subjecting big firms to tougher regulation is sensible in principle but difficult in practice
No plans to scrap systemic insurer rules, says IAIS chair
A US regulator claims Europeans asked IAIS to chart own course after FSB moved to ditch G-Sii list
Fishing for Sifis: row over Nobel laureate’s risk model
Engle’s tool for ranking risky firms is one of many that are dividing industry, academics and regulators
Prudential’s Silitch on the blindspots in Basel III
Risk30 profile: Post-crisis reforms have failed to fully address systemic risk, Prudential’s CRO warns
AIG decision threatens too-big-to-fail insurer label
Fragmentation of international rules on cards as US denounces systemic designations
US blocking new list of global too-big-to-fail insurers
US wants designation suspended until new, activities-based approach is ready
Keeping faith: IAIS rebuffs view G-Sii concept will die
But firms see workplan announcement as step away from focus on high-risk entities
Supervisors must police activities, not entities – Allianz’s Buecheler
Regulatory chief welcomes debate moving beyond ‘too-big-to-fail’
FSB endorsement missing from new G-Sii methodology
Financial Stability Board has not given seal of approval to designation method, French regulator voted against it
IAIS under pressure to learn from FSOC mistakes
G-Siis see MetLife opinion as strengthening their case against aspects of international regulation
MetLife judgement demands more than a change of process
Court decision to overturn Sifi status reopens debate on vulnerability of insurers
Insurance Sifi rules squeeze the balloon on US annuities
Non-bank Sifis continue to sell assets, despite MetLife's court win
MetLife Sifi win leaves G-Sii status meaningless – US lawyers
Federal court decision brings whole Sifi and G-Sii designation process into question
G-Sii process ‘out of touch’, says Axa’s Thimann
Interview: designation approach open to political influence, argues head of group strategy
Bernardino: systemic reinsurers should get no special treatment
Eiopa chairman speaks to Risk.net on G-Siis, derivatives use and regulation of securities financing
FSB’s Andresen: liquidity risks were underpriced pre-crisis
Top staffer at FSB addresses liquidity, bank risk data and securities financing risks in a wide-ranging interview
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