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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 10: Governance Requirements

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Solvency II is organised around three core pillars of prudential regulation, which ensure the safety and soundness of (re)insurers, in line with the scale, nature and complexity of their business: - Pillar One focuses on...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 9: Internal Models

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There are two main methods of calculating the solvency capital requirement (SCR) under Solvency II, the “standard formula” and “internal model” methods: (a) The standard formula method, as its name suggests, is the default...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 8: Capital Requirements

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The Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) is designed to protect policyholders by helping ensure that insurers can survive difficult periods and pay claims as they fall due. It prescribes a specific level of capital that an...more

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The Standard Formula Podcast | Using an Internal Model to Calculate the Solvency Capital Requirement

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Our latest episode of “The Standard Formula” Back to Basics series explores the internal model method for calculating the Solvency Capital Requirement. Host Rob Chaplin is joined by George Belcher to dissect the advantages...more

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

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“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

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The Standard Formula Podcast | Dissecting the Solvency Capital Requirement

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“The Solvency Capital Requirement, or SCR, is designed to protect policyholders by helping to make sure that insurers can survive difficult periods and pay claims as they fall due.” In this episode of "The Standard Formula"...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 6: Investment Rules

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This chapter discusses and analyses the investment rules that apply to Solvency II insurers and reinsurers in the United Kingdom. In particular, this chapter will outline the “prudent person principle” and discuss the...more

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The Standard Formula Podcast | Solvency II Back to Basics: Technical Provisions

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In the latest installment of “The Standard Formula” Back to Basics series, podcast host and Europe financial institutions head Robert Chaplin is joined by colleague Mary Bonsu to provide listeners with a deeper understanding...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 5: The Matching Adjustment

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1. Background to the Matching Adjustment - “Where insurance and reinsurance undertakings hold bonds or other assets with similar cash flow characteristics to maturity, they are not exposed to the risk of changing spreads...more

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The Standard Formula Podcast | Investment Rules for Insurers and Reinsurers

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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

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PRA Announces Final Adjustments to ‘Solvency UK’ Rules and Consults on Requirements for ‘Solvent Exit’ Plans

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As discussed in our previous updates, in June 2020 the UK government announced a wide-ranging review of the Solvency II framework in the UK, aimed at reforming the insurance regulatory framework inherited from the EU given...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 4: Groups

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Group supervision regulates the impact that members of a Solvency II group may have on a UK Solvency II insurer. The rules governing Solvency II groups are contained in the PRA Rulebook (Group Supervision), the Solvency 2...more

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The Standard Formula Podcast | Understanding the UK’s Matching Adjustment Regime

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“The Standard Formula” host Rob Chaplin is joined in this episode by colleague Theo Charalambous as they map out the intricacies of the U.K.’s matching adjustment regime for insurers, which will soon be reformed. The...more

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Guiding Captives Through Global Developments

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Bermuda formed the first modern captive in 1962 and remains the leading offshore captive domicile, with approximately 700 licenced captives on its register. Bermuda’s captive industry has remained resilient in the face of...more

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Actualités Législatives et Réglementaires – Janvier 2024

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Le bureau Parisien de Hogan Lovells a le plaisir de vous adresser sa lettre d'information mensuelle qui vous présente les Actualités législatives et réglementaires du mois de janvier 2024. Ces Actualités législatives et...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 3: Cross-Border Services and Overseas Branches

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(Re)insurance is a global business. It is common for (re)insurance groups to operate in a range of jurisdictions via: i. locally incorporated and authorised subsidiaries, ii. local branches of third country...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 2: Reinsurance and Risk Transfer

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The primary function of an insurer is the assumption and management of insurance risk. Very commonly, this will involve an insurer passing (or ceding) risk to other (re)insurers or protection providers in the relevant market....more

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The Standard Formula Podcast | Solvency II Back to Basics: Third Country Branches and Cross-Border Provision of Services

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“The Standard Formula” podcast continues its Back to Basics series — a deep dive into the Solvency II regime — discussing the regime’s provisions regarding third country branches and the cross-border provision of services. ...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 1: Own Funds

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Own funds is the Solvency II term for the items that constitute a (re)insurer’s regulatory capital. These are principally balance sheet items, with limited allowance for off-balance sheet items. Own funds are items that...more

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The Standard Formula Podcast | Back to Basics: Exploring the Many Facets of the Solvency II Regime

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"The Standard Formula” host Robert Chaplin introduced the first in the podcast’s Back to Basics series, which will dissect the entirety of the Solvency II regime. In the series’ inaugural episode, Rob is joined by associate...more

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Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds: Key Recent and Expected Funds, Regulatory, and Tax Developments to Look Out For

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Welcome to the third edition of our Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the private funds and investment management...more

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A Boost for U.K. Financial Services - The U.K. Financial Services and Markets Act 2023

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The U.K.’s newest Financial Services and Markets Act of 2023 (“FSM Act”) received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023. Certain parts came into force on its passing, others will come into effect two months after that, and the...more

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From Solvency II to Solvency UK: The PRA Provides Further Details of Its Post-Brexit Solvency II Reforms

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The EU’s Solvency II regime came into force in the UK on 1 January 2016, following many years of development in which the UK was deeply involved. In June 2020, post-Brexit, the government announced a wide-ranging review of...more

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European Commission Proposes Wide-Ranging Enhancements to Retail Investor Protection Rules

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As the “most ambitious legislative proposal since the inception of EU financial regulation”, the changes would make significant amendments to MiFID II and PRIIPs. On 24 May 2023, the European Commission (Commission)...more

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The UK PRA’s Priorities for Insurance Supervision in 2023

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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

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