In this paper, we first discuss the characteristics and major benefits of the Swissrisk-based capital standards for insurance companies (Swiss Solvency Test), introduced in 2006. As the insurance industry is one of the largest institutional investors in Switzerland, changes to its asset and...

The aim of this paper is to develop an alternative approach for assessing an insurer’s solvency as a proposal for a standard model for Solvency II. Instead ofderiving minimum capital requirements—as it is done in solvency regulation—our model provides company-specific minimum standards for...

Die Dynamische Finanzanalyse (DFA) hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren zu einemwichtigen Instrument zur Analyse der Finanzlage eines Versicherungsunternehmens entwickelt.Trotz der zunehmenden Verbreitung der DFA in der Praxis und zahlreicher Abhandlungenin der wissenschaftlichen Literatur gibt es...

Dynamic financial analysis (DFA) has become an important tool in analyzing thefinancial situation of insurance companies. Constant development and documentationof DFA tools has occurred during the last years. However, several questionsconcerning the implementation of DFA systems have not been...

As early as the 1970s, European Union (EU) member countries implemented rulesto coordinate insurance markets and regulation. However, with the more recentmovement toward a general single EU market, financial services regulation hastaken on new meaning and priority. Solvency I regulations went...

Die von Investmentgesellschaften durch den Verkauf von Produkten mit integrierterfinanzwirtschaftlicher Garantie eingegangenen Verpflichtungen sollten im Sinne eines„true and fair view“ bilanziell adäquat erfasst werden. Wir ermitteln anhandzweier aktueller Investmentprodukte den Fair Value...

Trotz einer grundsätzlich positiven Ausgangslage mehren sich die Stimmen, dass in den kommenden Jahren mit erheblichen Umwälzungen in der Schweizerischen Assekuranz zu rechnen ist. Vor diesem Hintergrund beschreibt die vorliegende Studie den heutigen Stand der Assekuranz und zeigt acht...

The aim of this paper is to develop an alternative approach for assessing an insurer's solvency as a proposal for a standard model for Solvency II. Instead of deriving minimum capital requirements-as is done in solvency regulation-our model provides company-specific minimum standards for risk...

In this paper, we first discuss the characteristics and major benefits of the Swiss risk-based capital standards for insurance companies (Swiss Solvency Test), introduced in 2006. As the insurance industry is one of the largest institutional investors in Switzerland, changes to its asset and...

Although the insurance industry is less affected than the banking industry, the credit crisis has revealed room for improvement in its risk management and supervision. Based on this observation, we formulate ten consequences for risk management and insurance regulation. Many of these reflect...