Economic (in)solvency is different from actual (in)solvency
Economic Capital Models (“ECMs”) are a hot topic of discussion within the insurance industry: what is the target level of confidence?
Treatment of Deferred Tax Assets
At the heart of the issue is the complexity of the way deferred tax items are recognized, coupled with all the complexities of a market consistent valuation regime. This combined complexity and uncertainty manifests itself in a conservative assessment of the value of tax and the role it plays in a valuation system.
Principles Governing Transitional Provisions
Solvency 2 represents a step change in the prudential regulation of insurance that promotes the best practice standards of risk management advocated by the CRO Forum. The challenge of implementing a harmonised and risk-based economic approach across the EU should not be underestimated.
CRO Forum Sustainability Framework August 2010
As a consequence of globalisation, public expectations have risen that businesses should behave responsibly and accountably in terms of minimizing their environmental and social footprint. Even though this footprint is low for the insurance industry due to the service nature of its operations, headline risk has nonetheless increased.
CRO Forum_Extrapolation of Market Data
This best practice paper details considerations and best practices on how these principles can be applied to the extrapolation of interest rates, equity and interest rate implied volatility and in situation in which an option has been written on a security for which no liquidly traded options exist at all.
QIS5 TS High Level Issues
The CRO Forum and CFO Forum are pleased to be able to provide comment on the QIS5 draft specification, as prescribed in the QIS5 consultation. We welcome the openness to cooperation between us and trust that this is merely a point in our continuous dialogue.
QIS5 Technical input
QIS5 Technical input
QIS5 Detailed Feedback
The CRO Forum and CFO Forum are pleased to be able to provide comment on the QIS5 draft specification, as prescribed in the QIS5 consultation. We welcome the openness to cooperation between us and trust that this is merely a point in our continuous dialogue.
Why ‘expected future profits’ must be treated as tier 1 capital
The role of ‘expected future profits’ in determining a firm’s own funds is attracting much discussion, with suggestions that they should be excluded from tier 1 capital. We believe this is at least in part due to a misunderstanding of their nature – even the term ‘expected future profits’ is misleading and we prefer to refer to them as in-force cashflows.
QIS 5 Technical Specification Risk-free interest rates
We would like to take the opportunity to specify certain aspects of the risk-free interest rate term structure for QIS 5. This technical paper is set out in four sections to cover the aspects of the risk-free interest rate term structure as asked from the European Insurance CFO Forum and CRO Forum.