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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830465303321

Autore

Buckham David

Titolo

Executive's guide to solvency II / / David Buckham, Jason Wahl, Stuart Rose

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-470-92570-1

1-119-20071-7

1-282-82267-5

9786612822674

0-470-92568-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Wiley and SAS Business Series

Disciplina

368

368.94

Soggetti

Risk (Insurance)

Risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Evolution of Insurance; ORIGINS OF RISK; EARLY RISK INSTRUMENTS; ROLE OF INSURANCE IN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY; CONCLUSION; Chapter 2: Insurers' Risks; INSURABLE AND UNINSURABLE EVENTS; RISK TAXONOMY; UNDERWRITING RISK; MARKET RISK; CREDIT RISK; OPERATIONAL RISK; LIQUIDITY RISK; RISK TRANSFER AND MITIGATION; CONCLUSION; Chapter 3: Solvency II Chronology; NEED FOR INSURANCE REGULATIONS; WHY DO INSURERS FAIL?; CAUSES OF FAILURE; INITIAL SOLVENCY DIRECTIVES; PROCESS OF THE SOLVENCY II PROJECT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4: Learning from the Basel Approach

REGULATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CREDIT CRISISEVOLUTION OF BANKING REGULATION; APPLICATION TO SOLVENCY II : REGULATION; APPLICATION TO SOLVENCY II : BUSINESS LOGIC; LESSONS FROM THE CREDIT CRISIS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5: The Solvency II Directive in Brief; WHAT IS SOLVENCY II ?; SOLVENCY II IS PRINCIPLES-BASED; PARTIAL AND INTERNAL MODELS; ECONOMIC CAPITAL; THE ECONOMIC



BALANCE SHEET; STRUCTURE OF THE DIRECTIVE; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6: The Economic Balance Sheet; TOTAL BALANCE SHEET APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE STIPULATIONS OF THE LEVEL 1 TEXT; THE STANDARD FORMULA; NON-LIFE UNDERWRITING RISK MODULE

MARKET RISK MODULEDEFAULT RISK MODULE; CONCLUSION; Chapter 7: Internal Models; COMPLEXITY OF IMPLEMENTATION; DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF INTERNAL MODELS; INTERNAL MODELS APPLICATION; TESTS AND STANDARDS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 8: People, Process, and Technology; KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL SOLVENCY II PROJECT; PEOPLE; PROCESS; TECHNOLOGY; CONCLUSION; Chapter 9: Business Benefits; REGULATION PAST AND PRESENT; BENEFITS OF AN ENTERPRISE DATA MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK; BENEFITS OF AN ECONOMIC BALANCE SHEET; BENEFITS IN PERSPECTIVE; BENEFITS BEYOND SOLVENCY II; CONCLUSION; Notes; Glossary; Selected References

About the AuthorsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

A straightforward guide to the evolution, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II Providing a guide to the evolution, practice, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II, Executive's Guide to Solvency II deftly covers this major European regulation which ensures that insurers can meet their risk-based liabilities over a one-year period to a 99.5% certainty. Part of the Wiley and SAS Business series, this book will guide you through Solvency II, especially if you need to understand the subtleties of Solvency II and risk-based capital in basic business language. Among the t