Solvency II & risk management conference

Life & Pensions’ fourth annual Solvency II conference brought together a large number of leading industry figures at a critical point in the directive’s evolution

With the industry abuzz over the implications of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors’ (Ceiops) proposed standards for Solvency II, the stage was set for some heated debate. The Association of British Insurers’ Peter Vipond and Ceiops secretary-general Carlos Montalvo conducted a robust – but good-natured – exchange of views over whether the Frankfurt-based body has correctly interpreted its mandate from the European Commission, and indeed whether this itself