International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)
Insurance Risk North America: Bank-centric capital backstop 'would threaten consumers'
MetLife CRO outlines company's proposal for backstop capital standard
ComFrame must build on existing regulations, say insurers
Prescriptive international regime would be 'very challenging' for firms
Fears over FSB 'influence' on global insurance capital standard
Financial Stability Board did not ‘want to waste a good crisis’, claims Geneva Association chief
Q&A: IAIS secretary general on G-Siis, ComFrame and a global capital standard
Yoshihiro Kawai, secretary-general of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, is the man in charge of building a new supervisory framework for both systemically important and internationally active firms. But his blueprints have proved…
Insurer global capital standard must be 'simple and pragmatic' says Ace risk chief
ComFrame must not be prescriptive if it is to enhance supervision of international groups
Insurers braced for far-reaching recovery and resolution requirements
For the past couple of years, insurers have watched at a safe distance banks struggling to learn their way around living wills. Only last month did they realise the extent to which they will be put through similar hardships. The Financial Stability Board…
Global capital standard raises calibration and consistency questions
International efforts to develop a global capital standard are gathering pace, but the plans are controversial, raising fears that the competitiveness of international insurance groups could be damaged. There are also questions over how any global…
Global insurer systemic risk proposals stoke controversy
Saving the system
NAIC calls for coordination of US and international systemic risk regimes
Financial Stability Board's G-Sii regime should be consistent with US Sifi rules, says NAIC chief
G-Sii proposals signal acceleration of plans for global capital standard
But concerns about disjointed global accounting standards
'Opaque and arbitrary' systemic risk methodology frustrates insurers
Designated insurers could come off G-Sii list when revised in 2014
Insurer recovery plans will be key issue in systemic risk debate
Insurance Risk launches updated, interactive iPad app
Reinsurers question separation of systemic risk designations
Regulators will publish separate lists for systemically important insurers and reinsurers a year apart
NAIC warns against Federal Insurance Office 'mission creep'
FIO must not become an insurance regulator, says NAIC chief
Fears of disjointed regulation of systemically risky insurers grow
Harmonisation of US and global systemic risk frameworks needed as US proposes first Sifis, warns industry think tank
‘Prescriptive’ ComFrame criticised by American insurance industry
Fears that global cooperation and coordination initiative is evolving into strict regulatory regime
Systemic risk debate hots up over variable annuities and ILS
In defence of the non-traditional
Variable annuities do not pose a systemic risk - Geneva Association
Industry think-tank rejects product’s designation as a non-traditional, non-insurance activity
Insurers pose less systemic risk than banks, shows study
Geneva Association research shows proposals for regulating systemically risky insurers are'misguided'
Loss-absorption proposals for systemically important insurers flawed
IAIS proposals will encourage regulatory arbitrage due to lack of global capital standard,experts warn
Systemic risk methodology continues to worry insurers
Punitive reform
Bernardino calls for strong capital principles in global insurance framework
Consistency needed to ensure level playing field, argues Eiopa chairman
Concerns over reporting burden on groups of proposed framework for international supervision
Common framework could lead to conflicts with national regulations, experts warn, as consultation on proposals closes
Insurance Sifis face bank-style supervisory regime
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