Briefings
Fitch gives qualified welcome to Lloyd’s Vision 2025
17 May 2012
Ratings agency Fitch has said that the emerging markets strategy at the heart of Lloyd's Vision 2025 strategic plan is a net positive, albeit observing that it does carry additional risk… Read more
Forgotten Pillar III: 84% of European insurers not ready
14 May 2012
Solvency II reporting regulations under Pillar III are a low priority, with 84 percent of European insurers still not having implemented a reporting framework and complementary systems, according to a recent study… Read more
Read more articles from this issueEiopa overrules confidentiality clauses on third-party models
14 May 2012
Eiopa has warned that confidentiality conditions on third-party internal models will not justify an insurer refusing to show that a model fulfils all Solvency II requirements… Read more
Read more articles from this issueNFIP may require further short-term extension
14 May 2012
A US Senator has said yet another short-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Programme (NFIP) looks likely as US lawmakers will not make the 31 May deadline for acting on a long-term bill. … Read more
Read more articles from this issueBernardino says more regulation for loss adjusters
14 May 2012
Gabriel Bernardino, head of the European insurance watchdog Eiopa, has added his voice to calls for more regulation of loss adjusters and said the profession is likely to be "further recognised" at EU-level in the near future… Read more
Read more articles from this issueSolvency II equivalence dismissed as European arrogance
14 May 2012
Requiring other jurisdictions to seek regulatory equivalence to the incoming Solvency II regime was dismissed as an example of European arrogance during InsiderScope New York's regulation panel… Read more
Read more articles from this issueNFIP may require further short-term extension
10 May 2012
A US Senator has said yet another short-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Programme (NFIP) looks likely as US lawmakers will not make the 31 May deadline for acting on a long-term extension bill… Read more
Read more articles from this issueRyan and CRC bury hatchet
8 May 2012
The two-year legal battle that followed the mass defection of employees from CRC to the wholesale arm of Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) is over, after parties reached a global settlement over ongoing poaching disputes… Read more
Read more articles from this issueMitsui fined for capital shortfall and ‘deficient’ governance
8 May 2012
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd (MSIEU) has been fined £3.35mn for serious corporate governance failings and its former executive chairman Yohichi Kumagai has been banned and fined £119,000… Read more
Read more articles from this issueFSA’s Turner says European regulation should be flexible
2 May 2012
UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) chairman Lord Adair Turner has called for a mix of "more Europe and less Europe" in policy response to the financial crisis… Read more
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