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  • Insurance market update - January 2013
    Insurance market update - January 2013
    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.
  • Insurance market insurance - November 2012
    Insurance market update - November 2012
    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.
  • Insurance market insurance - October 2012
    Insurance market update - October 2012
    In a competitive, slow growth environment, management of costs is an imperative for life insurers.
  • Insurance market update - September 2012
    Insurance market update - September 2012
    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.
  • Insurance market update - June 2012
    Insurance market update - July 2012
    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.
  • Insurance market update - July 2012
    Insurance market update special edition - MCEV
    In this article, by comparing embedded values across the industry, we draw out some of the key themes that have emerged over the last couple of years.
  • Insurance market update - June 2012
    Insurance market update - June 2012
    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.
  • Insurance market update - May 2012
    Insurance market update - May 2012
    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.
  • Insurance market update - March 2012
    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.
  • Insurance market update - February 2012
    Life insurers
    This issue provides an overview of both corporate and retail platforms and the main players in the market.
  • Insurance market update – January 2012
    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.
  • Insurance market update - December 2011
    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).
  • Insurance market update – November 2011
    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.
  • Insurance market update – October 2011
    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.
  • Insurance market update – September 2011
    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.
  • Insurance market update – August 2011
    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’.
  • Insurance market update – July 2011
    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.
  • Market Consistent Embedded Value
    Market Consistent Embedded Value
    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.
  • Insurance market update – May 2011
    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.
  • Insurance market update – April 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.

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