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In this issue, we look at the weather. James Rakow draws on information presented in our recent seminar on the domestic household insurance market and summarises how recent years have been affected by adverse weather and the impact on insurers.
Monte Carlo is the location where the world’s reinsurance industry gathers annually to discuss placement strategy for the forthcoming renewal season and strategic developments within the industry.
On 28 August 2012 the FSA issued a consultation paper on its Review of the Client Money Rules for Insurance Intermediaries (CP12/20) which contains various proposals for changes to the Client Assets rules.
Non-life insurers In this edition James Rakow and Julian Leigh review the state of the motor insurance market, in particular commenting upon the underwriting results and the main divers impacting those results.
Life insurers Andrew Power looks at the impact of the RDR on insurers’ approach to targeting and effectively segmenting the advisers they work with and how they can gain competitive advantage.
Non-life insurers Ian Clark reviews the current trends focussing on a perceived flight to scale by market participants and the impact on those listed insurers operating at Lloyd’s and the Bermudan market.
Non-life insurers In this edition, we explore some of the common challenges faced by firms in meeting FSA requirements and look to the future of client money regulation in the context of wider changes in the regulatory environment.
Non-life insurers In this issue, we focus on changes to the claims value chain in the motor market arising from the banning of referral fees and the introduction of Alternative Business Structures.
Life insurers This edition provides an overview of the Solvency II reporting requirements with particular focus on EIOPA’s Level 3 guidelines and Quantitative Reporting Templates (QRTs).
Non-life insurers This edition reviews IFRS 4 Phase II, including the current status of the standard, its proposed changes to the presentation of financial statements and the resultant challenges facing general insurers.
Life insurers Many insurers are in the midst of their internal model development with risk professionals and actuaries engaged in risk calibration and risk modelling, two highly technical areas.
Non-life insurers This edition reviews some of the factors putting pressure on insurers’ capital, making insurance companies re-evaluate their optimal business models and capital structures.
Life insurers Insurers seeking approval to use an internal model to calculate their capital requirements, as a part of the Solvency II Directive, will have to demonstrate that they have had their internal model ‘independently validated’.
Non-life insurers The motor insurance industry is facing a challenging environment in which pressure is coming from an increasing cost of claims, despite premium increases.
At a turning point This year’s special edition of the Insurance Market Update analyses the results published by 19 major European insurers, although our focus is principally on those companies with UK operations.
Non life insurers On 14 April 2011, the consultation period closed on the HM Treasury’s discussion paper entitled ‘A New Approach to Financial Regulation: Building a Stronger System (Cm 8012)’, published in February 2011.
Life insurers As European insurers, and many beyond Europe, invest increasing time and energy complying with Solvency II and IFRS 4 Phase II, this April edition considers what will become of Embedded Value reporting.