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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Standard Formula: Encyclopaedia of Prudential Solvency – Chapter 3: Prudential Insurance Regulation in Japan

This chapter discusses prudential insurance regulation in Japan. Japan is the fourth-largest insurance market in the world, with a broad customer base and a varied range of offerings. This profile, coupled with ongoing...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

International Association of Insurance Supervisors Consults on Structural Shifts in the Life Insurance Sector

Key Points - - The IAIS has issued a detailed analysis of the structural shifts in the life insurance sector related to the increasing allocation to alternative assets and prevalence of asset-intensive reinsurance...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 14: The SFCR and Other Public Reporting

The SFCR and Other Public Reporting - Introduction - The Solvency II regime, as legislated in the Solvency II Directive and elaborated upon in Chapter XII of the EU Commission Level 2 Delegated Regulation (2015/35), is...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 13: Supervision

1. The Supervision Regime - Proportionality - The supervision regime is built on the principle of “proportionality,” in an effort to ensure that supervision remains effective and meets its underlying purposes without...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 12: Undertakings in Difficulty

Undertakings in difficulty, in the context of Solvency II, refers to insurers that are either failing or likely to fail to meet their solvency capital requirement (SCR) or their minimum capital requirement (MCR) (together,...more

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Funded reinsurance - The PRA's final policy

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The PRA published Policy Statement 13/24 (PS13/24) on 26 July 2024 providing feedback on the PRA’s Consultation Paper 24/23 (CP24/23) on Funded Reinsurance (FundedRe). PS13/24 is published alongside the PRA’s final policy in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The PRA’s Expectations for Funded Reinsurance: How To Comply

The PRA has released an important statement on its approach to funded reinsurance. Our view is that the statement endorses the conceptual principle that funded reinsurance (particularly to offshore counterparties) should best...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 7: Technical Provisions

“The value of technical provisions should correspond to the amount which another insurance or reinsurance undertaking (the reference undertaking) would be expected to require to take over and fulfil the underlying insurance...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Standard Formula Podcast | Investment Rules for Insurers and Reinsurers

This episode of “The Standard Formula” podcast features a conversation with the Financial Institutions Group’s Ben Lyon and Verena Mengis, who walk listeners though recent proposals for reform relating to Solvency U.K. and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The UK PRA’s Priorities for Insurance Supervision in 2023

The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) laid out its priorities for insurance supervision this year in a 10 January 2023 Priorities Letter. In this newsletter, we summarise the broad themes emerging from the Priorities...more

Hogan Lovells

Insurance regulatory news, July 2021 #3

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COVID-19 BI insurance test case: FCA updates webpage The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated the webpage on its business interruption (BI) insurance test case. The FCA has published the Supreme Court order varying...more

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Financial institutions general regulatory news, April 2021

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UK-EU MoU on regulatory cooperation in financial services - HM Treasury has announced that technical discussions on the text of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on UK-EU regulatory cooperation in financial services have...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Reaching a Consensus on (Re)insurance

Financial services, including insurance and reinsurance (together, (re)insurance), have effectively been omitted from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), resulting in arguably the “hardest” Brexit for any key UK...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Regulation Round Up - February 2017

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The FCA and PRA announced changes to enforcement process with the aim of strengthening the transparency and effectiveness of enforcement decision-making processes. Some of the changes have already come into force, the rest...more

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New UK Regulations to Govern Whistleblowing in Financial Institutions

This month, the FCA and PRA announced a new regime for whistleblowing that will start to be phased in from March 2016. This is part of the broader desire on the part of the UK regulators to encourage individuals to raise...more

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