All Regulatory articles – Page 4
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FeaturesFuture gazing
Downward pressure on pricing and the threat of regulation will make life difficult for the reinsurance industry in 2010. We talk to the market and ask what lies ahead
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Industry Matters
The revolution has already begun
There’s no time to waste – reinsurers must stay ahead of their clients as the market gets to grips with handling risk under the new regime
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Online onlyQ-Re wins Qatar licence
Qatar Financial Centre's first pure reinsurer in business in time for Jan 1 renewals
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GR Focus
Voting with your feet
Taxation is one of the key factors in deciding where a business is domiciled. Recent reports from the UK suggest insurers may be about to desert for more favourable climates unless changes are made that support competitiveness. Liz Booth reports.
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Online onlyBaden-Baden: Tough lessons learnt in financial crisis
Ernst & Young report says insurers have made clear changes
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Online onlyBaden-Baden: Solvency II ‘biggest challenge’ for European insurers
Munich Re highlights the need for primary insurers to regain their capital strength
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Global reinsurers will fight US tax plans
Concerns that Neal Bill tax plans could be fast-tracked as part of other financial legislation.
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Online onlyMonte Carlo special: reading between the lines
Amid the optimistic headlines coming from the Reinsurance Rendez-Vous lie some rather more pessimistic viewpoints
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Online onlyUS reinsurance tax bill branded ‘anti-consumer’
Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates lobbies congress prior to hearings on protectionist legislation
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Florida strikes insurance deal with the UK
Commissioner hails ‘long-standing link’ between US and UK markets
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Features
Solvency II: A costly business
No one will make it official, but the new regulatory framework could cost the industry far more than an old estimate of €3bn. Liz Booth reports.
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Industry Matters
BER renewal - Endurance
William Jewett is confident reinsurers will not face a significant impact
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Industry Matters
BER renewal - a legal perspective
David Strang says ending the BER may be the thin end of the regulation wedge.
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Industry Matters
BER renewal - International Underwriters' Association
Nick Lowe is disappointed by the European Commission decision
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Industry Matters
BER renewal - Lloyd's Market Association
Rob Gillies believes the changes will result in less efficiency
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FSA stressing ‘urgency’ of Solvency II compliance
Ernst & Young says insurers must not underestimate the work involved
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Online onlySolvency II clears final hurdle
CEA welcomes formal approval of Solvency II Framework Directive by EU finance ministers
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UK Government in £5bn credit reinsurance deal
Supply chain insurers to benefit from additional capacity, following the example of other Western governments
