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  • EU's latest review of Solvency II to increase reporting burdens

    14 December 2023

    Changes made to unlock green and digital investment, but sustainability risk reporting will increase operational burden, Insurance Europe says

  • Insurers and accountants at odds over IFRS 9

    18 January 2022

    The crux of the issue: equity treatment and what is accounting for, reporting or managing?

  • Scor slashes equity portfolio in Q3

    16 November 2021

    CIO warned earlier of allocation review ahead of IFRS 9 implementation

  • Prudential versus accounting balance sheets - and their investment implications

    21 October 2021

    Panellists tackle accounting and IBOR developments during the Insurance Asset Risk 2021 EMEA conference. Vincent Huck reports

  • EIOPA reiterates "disappointment" at EC's different paths in Solvency II review

    19 October 2021

    But Authority acknowledges having "different stakeholders" to Commission's

  • EIOPA unsurprised at EC request on green charges

    19 October 2021

    IAR EMEA: Aviva calls debate on 'green' and 'brown' charges potential "red herring"

  • When actuarial science gets political

    10 June 2021

    German insurers warn EU policy makers not to try and fix what is not broken in Solvency II, they also advise against politicising the rules which would lead to a skewed version of risk. David Walker reports

  • Insurers warn of accounting mismatches in implementing IFRS 17 & IFRS 9

    30 March 2021

    But the insurance sector's criticisms lie more with the issue of financial reporting than with the standards themselves, a former standard setter tells Insurance Asset Risk. Vincent Huck reports

  • Green supporting factors "an important debate" in Solvency II review

    12 October 2020

    Didier Millerot, head of the European Commission's insurance and pensions unit tells the industry

  • EU's CMU consultation puts equity capital charge under the spotlight again

    06 July 2020

    Insurance Europe again calls for review of equity charge reviving the debate over the Solvency II equity treatment and potentially setting a collision course with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority. Vincent Huck reports