The latest edition of the annual Deloitte Solvency II survey shows that a rising number of insurers believe the industry will miss the January 2014 compliance deadline.
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23 May 2012
Initial forays into the Takaful market in the UK have so far met with failure. Despite this, there is still a conviction that a relevant Takaful market exists.
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22 May 2012
The event programme for the Insurance Brokers' Association Conference - Shaping our futures - on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 May 2012.
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10 May 2012
More than three quarters of insurance companies believe that the Solvency II implementation date will be delayed beyond 1 January 2014, according to research conducted by actuary Barnett Waddingham.
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08 May 2012
US insurance buyers group the Risk and Insurance Management Society has welcomed a court of appeal ruling confirming brokers must declare their earnings from insurers.
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15 Mar 2012
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Momentum, a newly appointed representative network for broker start-ups, has partnered with RWA Compliance Services to ensure regulatory compliance.
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09 Mar 2012
In this video, Incisive Media’s group editorial services director David Worsfold chairs a lively discussion on records management and data security risk, including the challenges of managing records during the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Zurich has applauded Airmic's and FERMA's plans to develop a database of international insurance requirements
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02 Feb 2012
Homeserve has promoted its group chief financial officer, Martin Bennett, to the new position of group chief operating officer.
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31 Jan 2012
Jubilee says insurers are being put off creating payment protection insurance products because of uncertainty following reviews by regulators.
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24 Jan 2012
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European insurers have identified reliance on third parties for data, sophisticated risk modelling requirements and obtaining sufficiently detailed fund data among the challenges to be overcome in order for them to achieve Solvency II compliance.
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13 Jan 2012
As Brokerdrive arrives on the scene, the debate over the merits of the traditional network model is revisited.
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03 Jan 2012
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has warned that its low yield stress test showed that the insurance industry would be hurt if yields remain low for a prolonged period of time.
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20 Dec 2011
Fitch Ratings expects Solvency II and low valuations to result in further merger and acquisition activity in the UK non-life insurance sector in 2012.
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19 Dec 2011
The Credit Hire Organisation said it feared the OFT’s review of credit hire costs might not reach a full and fair set of valid conclusions.
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14 Dec 2011
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Despite 2012 losses being only 12% of the annual average to date, a single incident could flip the market, says David...
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Editor's comment: Fleeing the family nest
This week’s deal developments read like two coming-of-age literary fables written to reward hard work and endeavour, while...