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Thursday, 27 November 2014

PRA Pillar 3 Working Group - testing commences

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Bit of activity on the Pillar 3 front, with the PRA's industry working group publishing minutes from their 'recent' meeting (i....

Approved Persons in UK under Solvency II - "SIMF-ly The Best"?

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The UK prudential and conduct supervisors doubled-up this week with a barrage of paperwork regarding "Fit and Proper" assessment o...
Tuesday, 4 November 2014

EIOPA's Implementing Technical Standards on Internal Model Approval - ready to "submit"?

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EIOPA have kicked into life at the end of October like Freddy Krueger on laughing gas, releasing a swarm of consultation papers and summarie...
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Monday, 20 October 2014

PRA's Countdown to Solvency II Implementation Event - When I Need U(SPs)

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PRA Implementation countdown - "Feel like dancing" now? So along with the entire UK Solvency II sticky-beak brigade, I had th...
Wednesday, 15 October 2014

PRA on Solvency II Approvals - One in the "IMAP"

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The PRA today released a consultation paper on applying for Solvency II approvals  (with the checklists for firms thinking of applying here ...
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Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Solvency II Delegated Acts - Commission publish, world shrugs

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Delegated Acts - handle with care On Friday, the European Commission  released a "provisional"  version of Solvency II's ...
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Monday, 13 October 2014

ORSA and Independent Review - Misunder-stud?

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Independent review of ORSA - banging the drum? I listened in on a Solvency II readiness webcast a couple of weeks ago which pricked my ...
Monday, 29 September 2014

CRO Forum's Principles on Operational Risk Measurement - "Quant touch this"...

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Hammer Time? Current efforts in Op Risk quantification Despite practitioners efforts over the last few years, Operational Risk continu...
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Wednesday, 24 September 2014

KPMG on Pillar 3 and Public Disclosure - in or out?

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Pillar 3 - rude awakening? The operational reality of Solvency II Pillar 3 is seemingly about to deliver a ruder awakening than breakfa...
Monday, 22 September 2014

Central Bank of Ireland and ORSA - fancy a bunch of FLAORs?

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So the Central Bank of Ireland went and knocked together an ORSA Reporting tool for the less complex end of the Irish Insurance industry, s...
Friday, 19 September 2014

FRC on Risk Management and Internal Control disclosure - insurers way ahead?

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Muddy Waters - public disclosure on Risk The UK's Financial Reporting Council  have released guidance on Risk Management, Internal...
Thursday, 4 September 2014

Solvency II Delegated Acts - whenever, wherever...

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No sign of the Solvency II Delegated Acts sign-off as yet. The mighty ECON committee of the European Parliament have just about got their f...
Monday, 18 August 2014

ORSA - Institute of Risk Management special interest group

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Of course while I spent the last couple of months topping up my tan in, errrrr, the Isle of Man, some of the guys in the UK and further afie...
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FTSE Insurers and Solvency II costs - quick round up

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So I'm back to work after a well earned pit stop back home. I'll start with a summary of all goings-on in the Solvency II world over...
Wednesday, 2 April 2014

EIOPA's Implementing Technical Standards on Approval Processes - Cut and Paste?

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EIOPA have at last commenced their work on "Level 2.5" regulation in the Solvency II world, and with it being something of a trip...
Monday, 31 March 2014

EIOPA's "Common Application Package" for Internal Model Applications - UK back to the drawing board?

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The release of an EIOPA Opinion today may very well raise the heckles of the UK Insurance Industry, regarding a move towards a " Commo...
Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Solvency II Delegated Acts available online (kind of...), plus EIOPA's plans for 2014/15

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So let's start with something a bit unexpected - DRAFT DELEGATED ACTS! ONLINE! I'm not sure who the leaky uploader is (appears to...
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Thursday, 20 March 2014

The PRA and Insurer Business Model Analysis - emerging risks into capital add-ons?

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A rather revealing "topical article" was pushed out by our pals at the PRA this week, mouthwateringly titled " The role of bu...
Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Myners briefing on Governance at the Co-op - working class barred from the Board?

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Wolf - step away from the door... A corporate governance story that will echo in the eternity of MBA classes for years to come, the unra...