Solvency 2 Experts Group

The Solvency II Experts Group is an independant non commercial group of specialists interested in exchanging expertise relating to the Solvency II Directive.

Free Membership to the group provides opportunities to network with a wide range of professionals working in the insurance and reinsurance industries. A series of conferences and events will be organised in 2011.

Raphael Borrel, Solvency 2 experts group manager

Towers Watson releases Standard Formula modelling solutions

Global professional services company, Towers Watson, is releasing additions to its established capital modelling solutions to help life, non-life and composite insurers perform the Standard Formula calculation that is required by all companies under the Solvency II regime.

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Solvency II proposals will up burden for captive insurers: Fitch

Recent proposals for Solvency II, the upcoming risk-based capital regulatory regime for insurers and reinsurers in the European Union, may significantly increase the capital and compliance burden for captives, Fitch Ratings Ltd. said in a report.

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European Parliament committee postpones Omnibus II vote

BRUSSELS—The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has postponed a vote on amendments to the text of Omnibus II, the directive that will introduce Solvency II in stages, from the end of this month until late March.

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Solvency II deadline pushed back

BRUSSELS—The European Parliament’s decision to delay its vote on Omnibus II, the directive that will introduce Solvency II in stages, means insurers’ uncertainty over some details of the risk-based capital rules will be prolonged, experts say.

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Delayed Solvency II vote adds uncertainty for insurers

BRUSSELS—The European Parliament will delay its vote on Omnibus II, the directive that will introduce Solvency II in transitional stages, until next April, it announced.

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