Solvency II — What It Means To You

February 3rd, 2011

George Lawrie Vice President, Principal Analyst

With contributors:

Ellen Carney , Mike Gilpin , Sander Rose

Summary

With the deadline fast approaching for Solvency II compliance, global insurance firms need to take urgent action to avoid being compelled to adopt a standard model for computing their capital requirements. For the leanest insurers, this presents the risk of either scaling back their premium income or of looking for an injection of up to 20% more capital. For those insurance firms that grasp the opportunity, though, Solvency II offers a catalyst to rationalize the enterprise flow of data and drive more-informed decisions about the capital required to support underwriting risks in new and existing markets.

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