Insurance
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Smoothing the way
Fraught matching adjustment applications push more firms towards transitionals
Risk managers hold key to clarity on dividends
Absence of cash metric under Solvency II puts capital constraints in spotlight
Top annuity firms turning to transitionals
Doubts on matching adjustment are causing insurers to change plans
UK wrong on volatility adjustment, says Insurance Europe
Olav Jones weighs in to debate that could see Eiopa overrule PRA
Swaps end-users fear clearing fee and margin hikes
Risk Derivatives Clearing: buy-side firms expect clearing costs to rise
Eiopa infrastructure plans too conservative, says industry
Regulator proposes cuts to capital charges, but insurers say more needed
Mandate for change: asset management after Solvency II
Insurers are adjusting relationships with managers ahead of directive
Capital volatility fears spur talk of wider G-Sii charges
Concerns about yo-yoing capital are behind latest HLA proposals, says Corinti
The dangers of herd behaviour
Policy-makers should take note of flaws being pointed out in capital rules
Supervisors fret over grasp of prudent person rule
Regulators worry too few insurers are taking Solvency II’s PPP into account
Q&A: Avinash Persaud on the structural risk in Solvency II
Directive will herd insurers into 'safe' investments that turn out to be risky, says writer and academic
Small schemes face shut-out if pension buy-ins surge
Growing demand strengthens position of insurers
Insurance one of the last ‘great opportunities' for investors
Attractive returns to be found in reinsurance risk via insurance-linked securities
Korea insurers increase risk to counter falling interest rates
Loose monetary policy leaves firms with no option but to buy overseas assets
Profile: Aviva's capital planning after Friends Life takeover
Capital management director Marcus Bowser explains UK insurer's aims
Demand for mortality bonds offers chance to de-risk
Insurers underusing ILS as a way to manage exposures, say experts
MetLife states case ahead of Sifi court hearing
NAIC agrees with insurer, criticises FSOC reasoning
Flawed reliance on VAR a systemic risk for insurers
Solvency II has its weaknesses, says writer and consultant René Doff
Imap exposes differences on one-in-200-year risks
Diverging views remain on calibration of stresses
Backtesting Solvency II value-at-risk models using a rolling horizon
The author of this paper performs an analysis on a review of the equity stress parameter for Dutch pension funds.
Patchy Solvency II implementation worries US regulator
Consistency might take time, says NAIC's head of international regulatory affairs
Danish insurance association calls for daily discount curves
Local regulator commits to cover gaps in Solvency II information from Eiopa
‘Fairness not part of Solvency II’ – Danish regulator
Directive ignores risk of intergenerational subsidy, says Finanstilsynet's Parner