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 ...

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 ...

With an increasing awareness of the pending Solvency II insurance capital adequacy system in Europe, insurers in Asia -- and especially those in emerging markets -- are changing their financial ...

A golden rule in management indicates that changes should ideally take place before problems emerge, anticipating them and ensuring a timely response, thus enhancing effectiveness. In order to do so, ...

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 ...

HSBC Insurance in the UK is using IBM Global Services to support its European Solvency II compliance initiative. Solvency II is the European Union regulatory directive requiring insurance firms to ...

Now 18 months from implementation, the EU’s Solvency II Directive has put the heat on Europe’s insurance sector, which is begrudgingly preparing for this massive game-changer. It will alter the way ...

Three months into its implementation, the impact of Solvency II is being felt across the capital markets as insurance companies adjust their asset allocations to maximise their solvency capital ...

Solvency II, the European initiative to overhaul the capital adequacy regime of the European insurance industry and create an agreed set of capital and risk management requirements, is scheduled to ...

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 ...