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International: Lost in the long grass

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Will the final form of Solvency II – designed to harmonise capital adequacy across the continent – look anything like it was initially intended? And when, if ever, will it emerge?

Anyone sceptical of the concept of a united Europe won’t have found it hard to pick holes in Solvency II. As it seeks to impose the same standards on member states with wildly contrasting insurance

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