- Indonesia Life Insurance Newsletter, August 2018
By Richard W. Holloway, Halim Gunawan, Brian Colgan | 14 August 2018
Developments in the Indonesian life insurance industry from 1 April 2018 to 30 June 2018.
- EIOPA Consultation on National Insurance Guarantee Schemes
By Bridget MacDonnell, Eamonn Phelan | 07 August 2018
In July 2018, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued a discussion paper on resolution funding and national Insurance Guarantee Schemes (IGSs) across the EU.
- Developments in conduct standards for financial services firms
By Karl Murray, Eamonn Phelan | 03 August 2018
In this briefing note, we summarise the Central Bank of Ireland’s planned reforms, which are relevant to both domestic and cross-border insurers.
- EIOPA thematic review on the use of big data
By Eamon Comerford, Karl Murray, Eamonn Phelan | 01 August 2018
In this briefing note, we summarise the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s recent work on big data, including its launch of an industry survey as part of the thematic review.
- Retirement Outcomes Review: The release of FCA Consultation Paper CP 18/17
By Marie-Lise Tassoni, Beatrice Male, Fred Vosvenieks | 26 July 2018
Consultation Paper CP 18/17 is seeking feedback on the Financial Conduct Authority’s proposals.
- The benefits of Solvency II unit matching
By Paul Turnbull, Emma Hutchinson, Fred Vosvenieks, Magnus Wilson | 19 July 2018
Solvency II presents an opportunity for insurers with significant blocks of unit-linked business to dramatically improve their ability to use large amounts of previously constrained capital and to reduce market risk.
- Market risk benefits: What is in scope?
By William C. Hines | 19 July 2018
This paper discusses market risk benefits and contract features that might be within their scope.
- Regulatory diversity across Asia
By Clement Bonnet, David Kong, Farzana Ismail, Michael Daly, Paul Sinnott, Philip Jackson, Richard W. Holloway, Sanket Kawatkar, Shir Lynn Ong, Sing Yee Yeoh, Sung Hoon Kim, Takahiro Kinoshita, Wen Yee Lee, Wing F. Wong | 16 July 2018
This research report provides a summary of Asian life insurance regulatory regimes.
- The release of PRA Policy Statement and Supervisory Statement on financial management and planning by insurers: PS10/18 & SS4/18
By Marie-Lise Tassoni, Fred Vosvenieks | 12 July 2018
This paper provides an updated summary of the supervisory statement relating to the November 2017 consultation paper CP23/17 “Financial management and planning by insurers”.
- Final Guidance on the FCA’s approach to the review of Part VII insurance business transfers
By Christopher Clarke, Emma Hutchinson, Stuart Reynolds | 10 July 2018
At the end of May, the Financial Conduct Authority published final guidance on its approach to the review of Part VII insurance business transfers.