Matching adjustment
In limbo: insurers await PRA views on matching adjustment
Industry hoping for favourable outcome from pre-applications
Paul Stanworth, L&G, on liability-matching 'fringe' assets
UK insurer plans wider range of investments for annuity fund
Eiopa cuts matching adjustment risk margin
UK insurers welcome additional capital relief
Volatility adjustment flaw incentivises risky investments by insurers
Bankers point to opportunity for insurers to load up on short-dated credits
UK regulator updates industry on matching adjustment
Insurers left uncertain about treatment of derivatives and equity release
Matching adjustment: delegated acts leave risk margin unclear
Industry still split on inclusion of spread risk in calculation
Watered-down matching adjustment would be ‘utterly worthless'
Inclusion of credit risk in risk margin criticised
UK insurers cautioned on Solvency II credit risk assumptions
Regulator challenges "mechanistic re-application" of matching adjustment
ABI urges joint application process for long-term guarantee measures
Single process would reduce costs and time involved in applying for adjustments
Solvency II technical draft too harsh, firms claim
Industry representatives call on Eiopa to soften draft specifications
Concerns mount over periodical payment orders
General insurers embrace capital modelling and revised ALM strategies
Insurers to repackage assets for matching adjustment
Firms consider structured options for assets to meet Solvency II criteria
Insurers face tight deadline for matching adjustment
Firms urged to rush restructuring of portfolios for Solvency II long-term guarantee measure
Rapporteur Balz on long-term guarantees, Solvency II's level 2 and global standards
Two months after the landmark political agreement on Omnibus II, MEP Burkhard Balz discusses the thorny issues that did not make it into the directive, spells out his expectations for the level 2 text and gives a warning about the implications of global…
BBB limits in matching adjustment scrapped in Omnibus II deal
Ceiling on BBB-rated bonds and forced sale on downgrade removed from final Omnibus II compromise text
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
Death benefits in UK annuities 'should be eligible for revised Solvency II matching adjustment’
Products with five-year guarantee period should be deemed immaterial under Eiopa’s new criteria, say actuaries
Early-warning indicators needed to address failings in Solvency II - PRA chief
Effective and prudent solution needed on Solvency II matching adjustment, says Bailey
Eiopa ‘politically naive’ to scrap national vetoes on long-term guarantees package
Agreement on Omnibus II more difficult if opt-outs removed, warn experts
LTGA proposals set to stoke divisions between insurers and lawmakers
Concerns that Eiopa's proposals will not work and could delay Solvency II
Life and Pensions Nordics: regulators and insurers must respond to guarantees challenge
Solvency II must support long-term guarantees but insurers must develop simple products, says Nordea Life and Pensions CRO
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Financing the growth agenda
Italian insurers question benefit of Solvency II long-term guarantees package
Matching adjustment and countercyclical premium inadequate for Italian insurers’ needs
Insurers struggle with ‘ambiguous’ technical specifications for long-term guarantees exercise
Difficulty interpreting rules threatens usefulness of results to policy-makers