- TR19/3 FCA Thematic Review
By Jennifer van der Ree | 22 May 2019
In April 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the findings from its thematic review, TR19/3: Review of the fair treatment of with-profits customers.
- A capital management toolkit for life re/insurers
By Luca Tres, Paul Fulcher | 15 May 2019
With increased pressure on the industry, now is an ideal time for insurers to incorporate innovative Solvency II capital optimisation techniques into their planning.
- Analysis of non-life insurers' Solvency and Financial Condition Reports: European non-life insurers year-end 2017
By Derek Newton, Marc Smillie, Flavien Thery | 25 March 2019
The analyses underlying this report focus on the quantitative information contained in the Quantitative Reporting Templates with the Solvency and Financial Condition Reports and draw conclusions about the balance sheets and risk exposures of European non-life insurers.
- Analysis of non-life insurers' Solvency and Financial Condition Reports: United Kingdom and Gibraltar non-life insurers year-end 2017
By Derek Newton, Flavien Thery, Marc Smillie | 25 March 2019
This report summarises the year-end 2017 Solvency and Financial Condition Reports as they relate to non-life insurers regulated in the UK and Gibraltar, and sets out the results of the analyses of the reports.
- The 2020 Solvency II Review: Update on earlier amendments
By Karl Murray, Eoin King, Robert Bugg, Flavien Thery | 08 March 2019
This briefing note sets out the areas covered by the European Commission’s latest request for the 2020 review of the whole Solvency II framework.
- Issues affecting unit-linked insurance business
By Claire Booth, Thomas Bulpitt, Neil Christy, Emma Hutchinson | 11 February 2019
This paper summarises a number of the most material developments affecting unit-linked insurance business that occurred during 2018 and which remain areas of ongoing focus.
- Analysis of insurers’ Solvency and Financial Condition Reports
By Joanne Buckle, Tanya Hayward, Kevin Manning, Judith Houtepen, Ankush Aggarwal, Kishan Desai | 07 February 2019
This analysis compares information provided in the Quantitative Reporting Templates and the Solvency and Financial Condition Reports and draws conclusions about the balance sheets and risk exposures of European health insurers.
- Brief study of UK health insurers' second SFCRs
By Joanne Buckle, Kevin Manning, Tanya Hayward, Ankush Aggarwal, Kishan Desai | 31 January 2019
This analysis compares information provided in the Quantitative Reporting Templates and Solvency and Financial Condition Reports and draws conclusions about the balance sheets and risk exposures of 15 UK private medical insurance and health cash plan providers.
- Illiquid liabilities: A myth or a reality?
By Thomas Bulpitt, Paul Fulcher | 29 January 2019
This paper explores the methodologies described by EIOPA regarding the liquidity characteristics of insurance liabilities and considers the potential implications of approaches in both the context of Solvency II and, where possible, IFRS 17.
- Pre-emptive recovery planning for insurers
By Fred Vosvenieks | 13 September 2018
All firms should be concerned with their resilience to increased volatility, changes in regulation, and operational risk events and be ready with a proactive approach which considers the recovery response in advance.