EU urged to rethink insurance capital rules

Article reported that four leading insurance industry bodies wrote April 2011 to the European Commissioner for markets, Michel Barnier, to demand changes to the incoming European capital rules for insurers, which the industry believed were still far too conservative.

ESO: Background information: Allianz critical of new EU capital rules http://www.europeansources.info/record/allianz-critical-of-new-eu-capital-rules/

ESO: Background information: Solvency http://www.europeansources.info/record/risk-management-and-supervision-of-insurance-companies-solvency-2/

Website: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) https://eiopa.europa.eu/

EIOPA: Work in Progress: Solvency II https://eiopa.europa.eu/organisation/working-groups/solvency-ii/index.html

Website: CEA (European insurance and reinsurance federation) http://www.cea.eu/

VoxEU.org, 18.3.11: Valuing insurers' liabilities during crises: What EU policymakers should not do http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6237

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