This chapter discusses the valuation of assets and liabilities under Solvency II. Given that strategic asset allocation and investment management are key aspects of an insurer’s business, especially ...

The EU’s Solvency II regime came into force in the UK on 1 January 2016, following many years of development in which the UK was deeply involved. In June 2020, post-Brexit, the government announced a ...

Solvency II reform changes how capital charges are calculated under the standard formula. It introduces seniority-based calibration and revises spread-risk factors, aligning capital requirements more ...

As the world’s second largest insurance market, the US should be enjoying a soft ride when it comes to Solvency II equivalence, particularly as it possesses a developing risk-based solvency regime ...

While Solvency II and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Own Risk and Solvency Assessment requirement are encouraging insurers to address capital management issues, there are some ...

The clock is ticking for compliance with Solvency II, the new set of regulatory requirements for insurance firms operating in the European Union.­ The regulation comes into force on ­December 31, 2012 ...

Capital motivated reinsurance - reinsurance where the insurer's primary buying motivation is to optimise its amount of, or return on, traditional capital - has historically been applied when an ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After 13 years, 3,200 pages and hundreds of millions of dollars in set-up costs, a new era has dawned in ...

Publishing SCR data will allow insurers in all Solvency II jurisdictions to be compared on exactly the same parameters and will result in more cross border opportunities for well capitalised insurers” ...

Profidata offers a range of services to support the controlling of capital investments in the implementation of Solvency II. The results of the analysis of current and future directive requirements ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. €145bn is a very big hole to fill. So insurance companies will be very relieved not to have to fill it. The ...