This paper compares solvency capital requirements under Solvency I and Solvency II for a sample mid-size insurance …. One way to reduce the capital requirement under Solvency II is to increase reinsurance protection, which will reduce the … reinsurance structure that, under Solvency II, brings the capital requirement back to the level of that required under Solvency I …

point out that, contrary to standard insurance, such as automobile insurance, catastrophe re-insurance is exposed to …

insurance markets. Based on 20 years of insurance premium data from 180 countries, and a similar wealth of data on institutions … and financial market development, the paper presents important correlates of insurance market development. Although the … analysis cannot identify which factors directly cause insurance market growth, the results suggest that interventions aimed at …