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  • Solvency II's VA mechanism too good a tool in COVID-19 times

    08 July 2020

    Often hailed as ineffective the Solvency II's volatility adjustment rules have served insurers well against the impact of COVID-19 on markets in the first half of 2020, but could it have served them too well? Stephanie Harris reports

  • Italian regulator calls for better property risk data

    12 February 2019

    Poor statistics make for poor risk modelling, Ivass says

  • Solvency II changes needed for unrated bond investors, says Ivass

    08 October 2018

    Italian regulator wants amendments for private equity, too

  • Italian insurers failed by Solvency II volatility adjustment, Ivass says

    29 June 2018

    Mechanism did not protect underwriters from recent bond market turbulence