consolidation in the insurance sector due to recognition of geographic diversification effects in Solvency II's standard formula …The European insurance industry is awaiting the new EU-wide harmonized Solvency II framework. Before its introduction …. This paper studies whether the new European regulation standards will constitute a driver for M&As in the non …

solvency of the main euro area insurance sectors. We model the balance sheet of an insurance company encompassing both life and … non-life business and we calibrate it using country level data to make it representative of the major euro area insurance … of insurers to adverse financial developments heavily depends on the diversification of their business mix. Finally, the …

solvency of the main euro area insurance sectors. We model the balance sheet of an insurance company encompassing both life and … non-life business and we calibrate it using country level data to make it representative of the major euro area insurance … of insurers to adverse financial developments heavily depends on the diversification of their business mix. Finally, the …

solvency of the main euro area insurance sectors. We model the balance sheet of an insurance company encompassing both life and … non-life business and we calibrate it using country level data to make it representative of the major euro area insurance … of insurers to adverse financial developments heavily depends on the diversification of their business mix. Finally, the …

solvency of the main euro area insurance sectors. We model the balance sheet of an insurance company encompassing both life and … non-life business and we calibrate it using country level data to make it representative of the major euro area insurance … of insurers to adverse financial developments heavily depends on the diversification of their business mix. Finally, the …

of IFRS 17. The paper is based on the results of a survey of 20 insurance supervisors. Overall, IFRS 17 is a welcome … development but there will be challenges of implementation. Not many insurance supervisors currently intend to use IFRS 17 as a …

Protection of creditors is a key objective of financial regulation. Where the protection needs are high, i.e., in … banking and insurance, regulatory solvency requirements are an instrument to prevent that creditors incur losses on their …

Depending on the point of time and location, insurance companies are subject to different forms of solvency regulation …. In modern regulation regimes, such as the future standard Solvency II in the EU, insurance pricing is liberalized and … regulation. This paper compares the outcome of insurance rate regulation and risk-based capital requirements by deriving stock …