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Insurers on track with Solvency II implementation
24 August 2015
Brussels Reporter Becky Butcher

Europe’s insurers are making progress towards implementing Solvency II by the end of this year, according to a survey conducted by Insurance Europe...

Bermuda fulfills EU commitments on equivalence
20 July 2015
Hamilton, Bermuda Reporter Becky Butcher

Bermuda has completed another milestone on its path to recognition by the European Commission as being fully equivalent under Solvency II...

EIOPA gives Bermuda thumbs up
22 December 2014
Bermuda Reporter Stephen Durham

EIOPA has endorsed key aspects of Bermuda’s commercial reinsurance regulatory regime as meeting the criteria of the Solvency II directive...

European insurers ready for Solvency II
01 December 2014
Frankfurt Reporter Stephen Durham

The insurance sector is, in general, sufficiently capitalised in Solvency II terms, according to EU-wide insurance stress tests conducted by EIOPA...

Gibraltar to accomodate ILS
15 September 2014
Gibraltar Reporter Stephen Durham

The government of Gibraltar has published its initial insurance-linked securities (ILS) guidelines with help from the island’s Financial Services Commission (FSC)...

Aon launches ASTRA
13 August 2014
London Reporter Stephen Durham

Aon Global Risk Consulting has launched ASTRA, a new Solvency II Pillar I solution...

PRA expects Solvency II compliance
13 December 2013
London Reporter Daniel Jackson

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has held a Solvency II conference in London...

Survey finds lack of Solvency II understanding
21 November 2013
London Reporter Daniel Jackson

A survey by PA Consulting Group has found that less than a third of insurers have an adequate budget in place to complete the Solvency II requirements...

Features
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The customer comes first

Ian-Edward Stafrace of Atlas Insurance PCC discusses leveraging regulatory evolution in customer fair value for sustainable growth

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A new landscape

As a new year begins, the captive industry anticipates another year of growth

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Strength and resilience

FERMA CEO Typhaine Beaupérin outlines what the association has been working on so far this year, the Catastrophe Risk Resilience Framework, and what the next 12 months will look like

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Solvency II: 2020 review

The Solvency II 2020 review is currently underway, but what changes are the captive insurance industry expecting to see?

Interviews
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Guenter Droese
ECIROA

ECIROA’s Guenter Droese suggests that without the OECD providing industry support, their own target goals cannot be achieved

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Derek Bridgeman
Marsh Captive Management

Solvency II has seen captive owners explore alternative forms of capital, as the threat of the UK’s EU exit looms. Derek Bridgeman of Marsh explains

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Günter Dröse
European Captive Insurance and Reinsurance Owners` Association

It goes without saying that the introduction of Solvency II has brought with it great challenges for insurers. But ECIROA chief Günter Dröse feels the way forward is to work together, and keep things simple..

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Günter Dröse
ECIROA

Günter Dröse of ECIROA tells CIT about Solvency II and captive owners

Country profiles
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Ireland

Although Ireland hasn’t experienced a huge amount of growth within its captive market over the last few years, there is said to be a renewed interest in Dublin as a preferred domicile

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Luxembourg

Brian Collins, SRS’s recent hire for its new Luxembourg office, discusses the latest developments and the biggest challenges for the Luxembourg captive market

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Ireland

For a small country, Ireland is home to a strong captive insurance market but what challenges is the domicile currently facing and what can industry participants expect to see over the next 12 months?

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Europe

Experts discuss where European captives are with Solvency II, and how they are adapting to today’s financial environment

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