Insurance
ESRB's buffer plan would worsen systemic risk – insurers
Industry and regulators at loggerheads over pro-cyclicality
Testing interest rate models for Solvency II applications
Alexey Botvinnik and Vladimir Ostrovski propose a validation method for interest rate models
UK insurance association slams ESRB report
'Very poorly timed' paper misses the point on pro-cyclicality, says ABI’s head of regulation
Banks pitch flexible ‘sunset CSAs’ for pension funds, insurers
New-style contracts allow clients to post government bonds as swap collateral until clearing exemption ends
Interview: Zurich's Cecilia Reyes on going from CIO to CRO
Risk teams urged not to "obsess over downside" at Swiss insurer
Solvency II a poor reflection of 'actual' capital – Moody's
Rating agency joins Fitch and S&P in questioning ‘uneconomic' elements of directive
Hedge, reinsure or restructure: insurers mull risk-margin fixes
Advisers are pitching ideas to help companies deal with rate-sensitive risk margin
Changes to fundamental spread help UK insurers, not others
Recalibration of part of Solvency II makes little difference to euro volatility adjustment
Q&A: Bafin's Hufeld concerned ECB doesn't understand German banks
Sparkassen and co-operative sectors 'look like an outlier that doesn't fit with Europe'
Lawmakers slam 'overzealous' FSOC over non-bank Sifis
Size was the primary factor in designating insurers as non-bank Sifis, FSOC member admits
Custody Risk European Awards 2015: Insurance Custodian of the Year
Sponsored feature: BNP Paribas Securities Service
Plenty of life in the longevity risk market
Winners' Circle: Prudential Financial
G-Siis must get used to regulatory pressure on two fronts
Contradictions between systemic risk rules and solvency regulations seem unavoidable
Applying risk technology and data in a ‘brave new world’
Sponsored feature: FIS
Insurers grabbing 'structural premiums' as banks step back
Firms benefiting from 'relatively favourable' regulation
Insurers wary of capital 'uncertainty' in multi-asset funds
Firms concerned about modelling future portfolio changes
Independent asset managers lag bank, insurer-owned peers on op risk
Capital requirements incentivise banks and insurers to enhance op risk management
Cash-22 – The regulatory conundrum
Sponsored feature: RBS
Europe edges closer to final Emir clearing timeline
Deadline could arrive in mid-June; pressure to resolve EU-US dispute grows
Convergence 'main strategic focus' for Eiopa – Bernardino
Lack of Solvency II consistency dominates discussion at authority's conference
Irish central bank warns of swaps market shut-out
Official says current clearing capacity “will be saturated” by Emir demand
Insurance Risk Awards 2015: The winners
Insurer of the year Allianz one of 19 firms to receive industry awards
Insurer of the year: Allianz
Solvency ratio sets benchmark despite conservative internal model assumptions
Reinsurer of the year: Prudential Financial
Longevity cover for insurers secures second win for Prudential