Insurance Risk/News
Cat bond sponsors tempt investors with diversified perils and geographies
Innovative structures seek to break dominance of US wind peril over ILS market
New Danish solvency rules ‘will increase capital requirements’
Sampension CFO says simplifications welcome but standardisation has drawbacks
Prudential Financial’s Sifi appeal casts doubt on US G-Sii powers
Disconnection between domestic and international Sifi processes means regulators could lack legal power to enforce G-Sii measures in some cases
Insurer participation in testing European project bond debut ‘exceeds expectations’
Long maturities and improved rating lure firms into Spanish gas scheme bonds
Supervisors to assess whether new powers needed to impose capital charge on G-Siis
US state regulators warn of ‘two-tier’ system developing
Dutch insurers tackle regulator on solvency impact of France downgrade
Drop in ECB AAA curve will also affect German insurers’ guarantees reserves
Death benefits in UK annuities 'should be eligible for revised Solvency II matching adjustment’
Products with five-year guarantee period should be deemed immaterial under Eiopa’s new criteria, say actuaries
New EU state aid guidance may force insurers to adjust capital structure
Lawyers split on whether subordinated debt will be made convertible by law
G-Sii proposals signal acceleration of plans for global capital standard
But concerns about disjointed global accounting standards
Solvency II interim measures 'misaligned' and 'overly prescriptive' say insurers
Eiopa urged to rein in draft measures in responses to consultation
'Opaque and arbitrary' systemic risk methodology frustrates insurers
Designated insurers could come off G-Sii list when revised in 2014
Insurers protect against Solvency II disqualification with transforming instruments
Aviva and Uniqa hybrids feature capital disqualification triggers
Asian insurers abandoning liability matching in the hunt for yield
Ultra-low rates forcing companies to shift focus from asset-liability matching
Commission approves scrapping of extended matching adjustment
Brussels frames Solvency II long-term guarantees debate along the lines of Eiopa’s proposals
Insurers face tighter infrastructure spreads as banks ramp up allocations
Competition squeezing returns on short-tenor instruments
Denmark to introduce Solvency II shocks to insurer capital requirements
Firms warn regulator against setting an unduly ambitious timeframe for implementing new standard methodology
Early-warning indicators needed to address failings in Solvency II - PRA chief
Effective and prudent solution needed on Solvency II matching adjustment, says Bailey
New Dutch capital requirement 'conceptually flawed' warn insurers
Life insurers’ capital position to be gauged against capital standard calculated using Solvency II shocks
Prudential Financial Sifi appeal ‘futile’
US insurers face re-designation if initial determination overturned
Reinsurers question separation of systemic risk designations
Regulators will publish separate lists for systemically important insurers and reinsurers a year apart
Solvency II volatility balancer ‘will fail to immunise insurers’
Calls for new dampener on capital requirements amid disagreement over Eiopa’s figures
German insurers turn to CPPI and volatility control to back new guaranteed policies
Ergo dynamic hybrid product leads new wave
PRA reserves right to review internal models after Icas+ approval
Entry requirments for transitional regime will be high, says PRA official
NAIC warns against Federal Insurance Office 'mission creep'
FIO must not become an insurance regulator, says NAIC chief