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For Bermuda's global insurance and reinsurance market, European policyholders and businesses are becoming increasingly beneficial partners, according to a new study from the Association...
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is no closer to enacting international capital standards for insurers than it was when it took up the task five years ago...
Rather than replacing Solvency II entirely when the UK leaves the European Union, regulators need to refine EU’s insurance regulation to make it more appropriate for the UK market and customers, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Following…
Solvency II will increase insurers’ demand for reinsurance products as they seek to strengthen their capital positions via risk transfer, according to a report published by Fitch Ratings. Reinsurance can help reduce volatility or improve the certainty of cash flows...
The start of of 2016 brought with it the launch of Solvency II, rules in the European Union that govern how much capital insurers must set aside for operational risk, investment and underwriting. “Launch” is the key word here, however, as the vast regulatory...
The global financial crisis is now seven years behind us and the property/casualty insurance industry and its regulation never faltered before, during or since...
Domestic regulators are increasingly "gold-plating" new European insurance capital rules by adding their own more stringent requirements, according to a survey of insurance trade associations...
With only a few weeks left before Solvency II rules kick in on Jan. 1, most insurers are at least somewhat ready for the new minimum capital requirements...
Prudential Plc, Aviva Plc and Legal & General Group Plc are among large U.K. insurers to win Bank of England approval of the models they use to calculate capital requirements...
When Solvency II capital standards first became known, owners of captive insurers viewed the new regulations as burdensome and costly. But European captives and their owners view...
