Articles by Louie Woodall
PRA wrestles with early-warning indicators calibration
Calibration for general insurers and with-profits funds frustrates regulator's progress
Group supervisors ‘lack teeth’ for regulating international insurance groups
Rights and responsibilities of supervisory colleges should be clarified, say insurers
Insurer global capital standard unfairly constrains loss-absorbing capital instruments
Narrow definition of qualifying capital conflicts with existing regulatory regimes, experts warn
Reinsurance sidecars evolving as competition for third-party capital hots up
Sidecars mimicking ILS funds to lure investors entering collateralised reinsurance space
Reinsurers welcome reduced collateral requirements for US business
Piecemeal reform of reinsurance laws continues to frustrate Lloyd’s market
Insurers to ramp up private equity exposure in 2014
Insurers are rethinking their investment strategies and beginning to increase their exposure to private equity. Some are even looking at it from an asset-liability management perspective.
Insurers eye opportunities in commodity trade finance
CX Re and Partnership Assurance invest in CTF assets
Longevity swap volumes poised for record-breaking highs
Competitive pressures and greater pricing transparency spur growth in 2013
Federal Insurance Office calls for enhanced role in group supervision
Long-awaited report proposes reforms to US state and federal practices
Australian cyclone derivative ‘proves resilience of traditional cat insurance market’
Innovative weather risk transfer deal exposes limitations of ILS
UK regulator warns insurers over poor asset valuation controls
Failures observed in valuation governance, documentation and models
‘Unhedgeable’ risk-free curve extrapolation method implied in Omnibus II text
Controversial Smith-Wilson technique expected to be confirmed in level 2 implementing measures
Actuarial resource constraints hold back growth in central and eastern Europe
Lack of data and market fragmentation also challenging, say insurers
Global capital standard may require ‘adjustments’ to national supervisory regimes
European regulators prepared to reopen Solvency II to comply with future international quantitative standard
Insurers boost allocation to private equity
Blackrock survey finds more than half of firms likely to increase investment in asset class
Insurers upgrade management actions models
The missing piece
Disclosure of Solvency II's long-term measures benefit risks ‘misinterpretation’
Dual-reporting could confuse investors and undermine confidence in the LTG package, say experts
Swedish insurers to suffer capital hit as regulator approves rule changes
Calls to delay December implementation fall on deaf ears