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Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Tuesday, 11 August 2015

"Dear Deidre" - Cross border insurance flogging under General Good provisions

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One for giggles more than anything else. The other day I spotted  a response from Lord Hill , the esteemed EC Commissioner for Financial Sta...
Tuesday, 5 May 2015

EIOPA Chair's speech in Ireland - Nothing Compares to U2...

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The huff has concluded it would appear – EIOPA’s gaffer has returned to the speaking circuit after a few weeks where the institution’s comm...
Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Governance flaws in UK financial institutions - complacency or one-offs?

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Some very interesting bits released over the weekend which should prick the ears of the UK's banking and insurance entities like a corpo...
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Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Actuarial profession and the Risk Function - from 'land grab' to 'colonisation'?

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Back in the early days of this Blog I used to post frequently on the Solvency II-sponsored creep towards Risk functions in insurers being ...
Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Central Bank of Ireland - Prudential regulatory agenda for 2013

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A pretty meaty speech was delivered last week by the CBoI's head of life insurance supervision, covering the prudential regulatory agen...
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Monday, 20 August 2012

Society of Actuaries in Ireland Newsletter - ORSA, Solvency II and Cocktails

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Always a riveting read, the Irish Society of Actuaries fired out their newsletter for August , which as ever is a treasure trove for any die...
Monday, 30 April 2012

Society of Actuaries in Ireland Newsletter, April 2012 - ERM and ORSA features

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Always a riveting read, the SAI pushed out their latest newsletter , which generally provides enough consumable detail on actuarial concept ...
Tuesday, 10 April 2012

Central Bank of Ireland - Solvency Matters newsletter, ORSA and models

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The Central Bank of Ireland have released their latest Solvency II briefing letter (thanks to Mike Claffey for tweeting it ). Important t...
Monday, 9 April 2012

Irish boards - the clean up commences

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First sign of the wholesale changes demanded by the Financial Regulator over in Dublin, as Bank of Ireland get cracking with the boardroom c...
Thursday, 22 March 2012

ORSA Presentation to Society of Actuaries in Ireland by Towers Watson

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Nice and swift - TW's finest laid on a presentation to the Society of Actuaries over on the Emerald Isle on engaging the business in So...
Sunday, 18 March 2012

Risk Appetite Statements and Solvency II project planning - Milliman and Ireland, douze points!

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Not content with hustling the Irish insurance industry towards quality ( legally required ) Risk Appetite Statements this time last year , M...
Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Risk Appetite Statements - Central Bank of Ireland not impressed

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Good spot from Mike Claffey, flagging an finance industry-wide rollicking from the Central Bank of Ireland on the quality of Risk Appetite ...
Thursday, 1 December 2011

Solvency II Forum in Dublin - Central Bank of Ireland

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All manner of fun no doubt had over on the Emerald Isle today at the CBoI's Solvency II forum . Would love to have been a fly on the wal...
Thursday, 3 November 2011

Irish Corporate Governance Code - updated FAQs

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I'm guessing the "video conferencing" absentee-landlord insurance company directors have lobbied hard over in Ireland in the l...
Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Capital Management in the new regulatory environment - Towers Watson

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A cracking piece from TW on capital management in Solvency II context, highlighting a number of critical areas for consideration as we appro...
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Society of Actuaries in Ireland - newsletter treats

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As ever, the Society of Actuaries in Ireland produced a riveting read this month , with some hot topics covered very succinctly, and useful ...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Central Bank of Ireland - Annual Compliance Statement guidance for new Corporate Governance Code

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The fun never stops in the world of Irish corporate governance and risk management - new guidance from the Central Bank has been released t...
Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Central Bank of Ireland - Solvency Matters number 5

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Still a touch light from a forward looking perspective, the Solvency Matters bulletin from the Central Bank of Ireland. As well as a few re...
Thursday, 7 July 2011

Society of Actuaries in Ireland - Land grab for the Solvency II grey areas?

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Having already blogged on the brewing discomfort of the Institute of Risk Management regarding the perceived preference of the FSA for Actu...
Thursday, 30 June 2011

Society of Actuaries in Ireland - response on Market Consistent ESGs discussion paper

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In the interests of being prepared to scrutinise internal models to the letter of the existing text, I have spent more examining the hot top...