Insurance
Sharing the burden
Firms must take care when pushing consumers towards capital-light products
Portfolio construction and systematic trading with factor entropy pooling
Portfolio construction and systematic trading with factor entropy pooling
Burden of regulation 'overloading' Nordic insurers
Pace of regulation in Denmark a 'very heavy burden' for insurers
Private equity provides buyers as insurers divest
Regulators set sights on PE firms as they snap up life businesses
Insurers mull ways around rules on contract boundaries
Policy amendments a possible method to recognise future profits
US congressional committee blasts Sifi designation process
Financial Stability Board labelled an 'old boys' club' by US lawmakers
Solvency II: firms prepare for Pillar III scrutiny
Insurers prepare for greater disclosure under new reporting rules
Tail-risk hedging – Improving the return on capital
Sponsored feature: Pimco
US insurance: compliance officers turn sights to risk
Survey shows compliance growing into more forward-looking role
Insurers review conduct risk as FCA targets mis-selling
Regulator looks for excessive profits and exploitative sales techniques
Reinsurers offer new solutions to PPO threat
General insurers see mounting long-term liabilites
Eiopa chairman: stress tests 'preventative' not a 'repair tool'
'Capital is not the answer to everything,' says Bernardino
Dutch insurers cut sovereign holdings after discounting switch
Firms shrink government debt as they move to swap-based discounting
UK general insurers grapple with actuarial demands
Smaller firms struggling to meet requirements under Solvency II
Generali cat bond launch showcases ILS innovation
Unique structuring methodology frees insurer to access capital markets all year round
Decision on systemically important reinsurers delayed
Designation process will be postponed until November
US opposition to ComFrame intensifies
Industry body claims global standards clash with domestic legislation
PRA internal model demands excessive, say insurers
Companies struggling to reconcile long- and short-term views
Eiopa tests insurers' resilience to sovereign stress
Firms to apply sovereign crisis and 'Japanification' scenarios
Catastrophe modellers embrace open platforms
Liberalised cat modelling market will place extra demands on model validation
Rising interest rates pose challenge for Asia insurers
ALM benefits potentially outweighed by rise in lapses
PRA pushes on with recovery plans for domestic insurers
Firms asked to tackle sources of intragroup interconnectedness
Rival vendors unveil open cat modelling platforms
New product suites offer increased transparency and customisation