News

The Society has responded to the EIOPA (formerly CEIOPS) consultation paper CP83, “Draft Report on Variable Annuities”.

We welcomed the Draft Report and expressed support for a substantial majority of the recommendations made in it.

The Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) has announced its completion of the first phase of the fifth Solvency II Quantitative Impact Study (QIS5).

IAA News Release:

The International Actuarial Association is pleased to announce the completion of the paper Note on the Use of Internal Models for Risk and Capital Management Purposes by the Solvency Subcommittee of the Insurance Regulation Committee.

The Central Bank of Ireland has issued the second edition of their Solvency II Newsletter, ” Solvency II Matters - Issue 2.  There are a number of important updates in this issue, including updates on the process for submitting QIS5 results, an overview of the Internal Model pre-application process and guidance on Article 4 of the Directive.  Any feedback on the newsletter or suggestions for future topics sho

With the Society’s assistance, the Central Bank of Ireland held a number of QIS 5 workshops in September, to aid companies in understanding the requirements of QIS 5 and completing the associated spreadsheets.  The workshops were aimed at all professionals involved in completing QIS 5.  They tried to address issues that firms had initially encountered and identified with the technical specification and spreadsheets.

CEIOPS publishes the main spreadsheet to be used by solo undertakings and groups to complete their QIS5 submission due for end-October 2010 (solo) and mid-November 2010 (groups).

The Financial Regulator has issued the first edition of their Solvency II Newsletters, which they plan to issue on a quarterly basis.  The newsletter is intended to keep insurance and reinsurance undertakings informed and up-to-date on Solvency II policy developments, implementation activities and events.

CEIOPS have to-day (11 August 2010) issued an errata list for the QIS5 technical specifications, and an updated Q & A document. 

Solvency II – QIS 5 Workshops

The Society of Actuaries in Ireland and the Financial Regulator are currently organising a series of workshops in September on QIS 5 (Qu

CEIOPS and the Groupe Consultatif have assembled a programme for a hands‐on practical workshop on QIS5 to be held at the CEIOPS office in Frankfurt on 25th and 26th August.  The outline programme has been designed such that the first day should suffice for general insurance actuaries while the second day will address specialised life (with‐profits) issues.  Participants may register for each day separately.

The Groupe Consultatif has submitted comments on the draft QIS 5 technical specification to the European Commission.

The paper identifies a number of high-level issues:

The CEA, CRO Forum and CFO Forum have written to the European Commission to comment on the application of the illiquidity premium to liabilities in both the implementing measures for Solvency II and the fifth quantitative impact study (QIS 5). Welcoming the EC’s more granular approach to the application of the illiquidity premium, the paper sets out proposals for criteria to be tested in QIS 5.