The new rules on Solvency II will boost the role of the insurance and reinsurance sector in providing long-term private sources of investments to European businesses. At the same time they will make ...

Amid signs of economic recovery and preparations for Solvency II, some market observers are expecting mergers and acquisitions among Europe's insurers to increase. In its "European Financial Services ...

Opportunities arise from understanding Lithuania's insurance regulatory framework, particularly in foreign direct investment and adapting to Solvency II standards. Key areas include compulsory motor ...

Opportunities in the UK insurance market arise from understanding key regulatory changes, leveraging the favorable FDI regime allowing 100% foreign ownership, adapting to Solvency II standards, and ...

The aim of this new review is to ensure that the UK’s prudential regulatory regime for the insurance sector is better tailored to support the particular structures, products and business models of the ...

The primary function of an insurer is the assumption and management of insurance risk. Very commonly, this will involve an insurer passing (or ceding) risk to other (re)insurers or protection ...

My colleague Ari Patinkin, research associate at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, contributed to this post. Although the inflation rate may be slowing, the American economy still faces headwinds ...

May 4 (Reuters) - The European Commission, regulators and the insurance industry are working on new capital rules, known as Solvency II, due to come into force on Jan. 1, 2013. The rules, which are ...

The chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has said the reforms of capital adequacy requirements for the insurance sector were “important and needed”. He said: “In 2020 ...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s (EIOPA) plan to enforce the ‘hard’ implementation of Solvency II from 1 January 2014 has long been thought an optimistic deadline. Years of ...

More than one in three insurance professionals and fund managers (36 percent) believe asset management companies are unprepared for providing the level of data their insurance clients will require ...

Today, the Council agreed its position (general approach) on amendments to the Solvency II directive, the EU's main piece of legislation in the insurance area. The Council underlined that the ...