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 topics covered in this essential book are: Background to Solvency II Learning from the Basel Approach The Economic Balance Sheet Internal Models People, Process, and Technology Business Benefits of Solvency II Executive′s Guide to Solvency II has as its aim an explanation for executives, practitioners, consultants, and others interested in the Solvency II process and the implications thereof, to understand how and why the directive originated, what its goals are, and what some of the complexities are. There is an emphasis on what in practice should be leveraged upon to achieve implementation, specifically data, processes, and systems, as well as recognition of the close alignment demanded between actuaries, the risk department, IT, and the business itself.
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As a major regulation covering the solvency of European life and non–life insurers, Solvency II is expected to be uniformly implemented across the European Union (EU) in 2012. Inspired to some extent by banking′s Basel II legislation, Solvency II will use a similar three–pillar structure that will cover both quantitative elements and qualitative aspects that influence the risk–standing of an insurer. The principles–based nature of the regime represents a far–reaching innovation in risk–based regulation. It presents an immediate challenge and opportunity to the European insurance industry, but is also being observed with keen interest by industry players and regulators around the world. A practical foundation to the Solvency II process for executives, practitioners, and consultants, Executive′s Guide to Solvency II covers everything you need to know about this important directive—all in one accessible source—with coverage of: The history of insurance in terms of the individual′s need for financial diversification A chronology of the Solvency II project process The continued relevance of regulation in its current institutional genre The structure of Solvency II, with specific focus on requirements insurers must fulfill under a holistic three–pillar risk management approach The risk–based economic balance–sheet approach, its quantitative requirements, and calibration under the standard formula approach Techniques, challenges, and complexities of internal models Why you need the right people, processes, and systems to successfully drive an enterprise–wide risk management project It′s time for your organization to get familiar with the new rules of this regulation that will have far–reaching implications, initially for EU insurers, and thereafter around the world, as regulators move toward principles–based regulation. Destined to become your standard reference for answers on Solvency II, Executive′s Guide to Solvency II is full of practical advice, compiling an overview of the many issues your company will likely face in dealing with this forthcoming regulation.
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Your complete, no–nonsense guide to Solvency II Solvency II is a well–thought?out regulation, carrying an implication for transforming the European insurance industry to a common set of standards and principles, and in so doing, creating a more stable insurance industry. Full of valuable guidance, Executive′s Guide to Solvency II keeps you current on the latest developments regarding this important regulation. This well–written primer will challenge your concept—or preconception—of Solvency II, providing an introductory look at its potential impact on the European insurance industry. Authoritative, comprehensive, and insightful, it provides an inside look at: The evolution of insurance Insurers′ risks Why Solvency II originated How it compares to Basel II Regulation in context of the credit crisis The economic balance sheet Internal models The goals of Solvency II The expected complexities of Solvency II The benefits of Solvency II What your business needs to do to achieve implementation With real–world guidance addressing pitfalls that may arise, Executive′s Guide to Solvency II expertly explains how Solvency II will work to your business′s advantage as a best practice risk management framework and a future regulatory compliance requirement.
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At 156 pages this is a readily digestible introduction to a highly complex subject. Digestible is relative, however. It is still heavy going, but there's no getting round that if one wants a serious introduction to what Solvency II entails.
I strongly approved of the emphasis on the need for data quality and consistency. The huge problems of achieving quality and consistency across an insurance company are, in my experience, seriously underestimated. Managers assume that there will be few problems, and that any problems there might be won't amount to a serious obstacle.
I've only two reservations. The discussion of the problems with the data hint at the difficulty in testing the new software required. However, that is my particular area of interest, and I'm possibly being unfair in expecting the authors to get into the those particular concerns in a short book.
The second point is possibly more serious. There is hardly any mention of the problems and controversies associated with Solvency II, merely brief observations about the difficulties that smaller insurers may have. The possible damaging impact of Solvency II on the pensions industry, the resulting controversy and the possibility that the EU may backtrack are not covered.
Solvency II may be a very good thing, but it does present huge practical problems, and there is a downside. This book perhaps presents slightly too rosy a picture. However, if one uses it as a basic primer to the complexities of the subject then it is possible to make sense of the controversies. In a short book that is probably as much as one can hope for. It provides a very good start, but not a full education, and that is the aim of the authors. Making this topic accessible is extremely difficult, so it would be churlish and nitpicking to award it less than 5 stars.
I strongly approved of the emphasis on the need for data quality and consistency. The huge problems of achieving quality and consistency across an insurance company are, in my experience, seriously underestimated. Managers assume that there will be few problems, and that any problems there might be won't amount to a serious obstacle.
I've only two reservations. The discussion of the problems with the data hint at the difficulty in testing the new software required. However, that is my particular area of interest, and I'm possibly being unfair in expecting the authors to get into the those particular concerns in a short book.
The second point is possibly more serious. There is hardly any mention of the problems and controversies associated with Solvency II, merely brief observations about the difficulties that smaller insurers may have. The possible damaging impact of Solvency II on the pensions industry, the resulting controversy and the possibility that the EU may backtrack are not covered.
Solvency II may be a very good thing, but it does present huge practical problems, and there is a downside. This book perhaps presents slightly too rosy a picture. However, if one uses it as a basic primer to the complexities of the subject then it is possible to make sense of the controversies. In a short book that is probably as much as one can hope for. It provides a very good start, but not a full education, and that is the aim of the authors. Making this topic accessible is extremely difficult, so it would be churlish and nitpicking to award it less than 5 stars.
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