Insurance
Insurer of the year: MassMutual
US life insurer makes strides in op risk with corporate culture and IT
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
Brexit leaves insurers playing regulation waiting game
Local regime likely to be tougher than Solvency II, although risk margin might change
The fault lines in Europe's Solvency II compromise
Row over calculation of discount rates exposes political differences
Insurers eye secondary annuities as perfect matching asset
Some UK firms see nascent market as source of ideal hedging tool
Global capital rules for insurers must allow internal models – ABI
European firms should be free to use in-house models for insurance capital standard, even if US firms cannot
UFR change would ‘threaten’ Solvency II political compromise
German policy-makers talk tough in opposition to lowering of discount rate
Nordea cutting alternatives after shift to unit-linked products
Heightened lapse risk ends 20-year "romance" with hedge funds, says Nordea Life & Pensions CIO
Regulators see 'long journey' to getting Orsas right
Insurers still treating own-risk assessment too much like a compliance exercise, Nordic supervisors say
Balz slams IAIS for rule-making 'behind closed doors'
Failure to engage with European Parliament will delay and undermine international insurance regulation, says MEP
Institutional structurer of the year: Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking
French bank helps captive insurers solve financing headaches
Leverage ratio blamed for big swap unwind charges
Buy-siders complain of 'ridiculous' costs to exit trades
Lower UFR would be dangerously pro-cyclical – Bafin
Solvency II rate cut would crowd insurers into long-dated assets, says insurance chief
PRA frets about Solvency II internal model ‘drift’
Bank-style leverage ratio for insurers one option being discussed
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
Bangladesh Bank fraud is a comedy of op risk errors
Megan van Ooyen from SAS rounds up the top five operational risk losses for March 2016
Technological nightmares worry Zurich Global Corporate CRO
Cyber crime and nanoparticles represent emerging risks for insurers, says John Scott
LV= weighing options for equity-release mortgages
Complex assets left out of matching adjustment application, but could be added when internal model is approved
MetLife Sifi win leaves G-Sii status meaningless – US lawyers
Federal court decision brings whole Sifi and G-Sii designation process into question
Putting a price on long-term life insurance business (part II)
Extending risk-adjusted performance metrics to take into account real-world investment returns
G-Sii process ‘out of touch’, says Axa’s Thimann
Interview: designation approach open to political influence, argues head of group strategy
The future of risk data management
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