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Infrastructure supply falling short of insurer demand, say experts
Activity limited and dominated by a handful of firms
Insurers face tighter infrastructure spreads as banks ramp up allocations
Competition squeezing returns on short-tenor instruments
Insurers bolster inflation protection
Hedging assets sought to combat escalating risk of interest rate and inflation spike
Allianz leads German insurers in guarantees shake-up
Insurers developing new products to reduce exposure to low rates
Insurers wrestle with Solvency II internal model change policies
Supervisors say existing guidance has yet to be tested and may not work
German insurers' life guarantee reserves 'to double' in 2013 as low yields bite
Increased ZZR reserves 'threat to insurers' business model'
Solvency II: Orsa disclosure 'could boost insurers' ratings'
Greater transparency could be beneficial, but care must be taken over what is disclosed, speakers say
Solvency II: Insurers and supervisors must work together to ensure consistency on model approvals
Insurance groups should ensure consistent approach to model applications across organisation, says chairman of Eiopa's internal model committee
Solvency II: Lack of co-ordination on internal model approval, says Buecheler
European supervisors are taking different approaches to the Solvency II internal model approval process, says head of Solvency II project for Allianz
Managing Solvency II's equity capital charge
The volatility challenge
On the move
On the move
Capitalising on the bank asset sale
Capitalising on the bank asset sale
Tullett Prebon and Allianz to launch Solvency II data service
Benchmark OTC curves 'will help insurers calculate risk data for market risk models'
Smoothing the flow: integrating workflow in Solvency II
Smoothing the flow
Insurers stress liquidity and lapse risk amid concern over interest rate spike
When surrender is an option
Banks look to cut corners on CVA computation
Cutting CVA corners
Insurance Sifis face bank-style supervisory regime
A suitable ploy?
Cash-rich insurers eye loan books of de-leveraging European banks
Cash-rich insurers eye loan books of de-leveraging European banks
Local regulators grapple with Solvency II implementation
Local solutions
Risk-based capital regimes in Asia need work – Sigurd Volk profile
Asia’s risk assessor
Quant Congress Europe: Quants urged to ditch equilibrium models
Equilibrium models do not represent real markets and need to be replaced with models that take explicit account of real capital flows, says Alex Langnau
Allianz CRO: industry and regulators ‘in denial’ over solvency levels
Insurers' heads are in the sand regarding the impact of current market turmoil on their Solvency II-consistent balance sheets, says Tom Wilson