Solvency Strong but Declining ICD's solvency is strong but declining.
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One Re's regulatory solvency is strong, with a Solvency II solvency capital requirement (SCR) coverage ratio (including a voluntary capital add-on) of 236% at end-103M16.
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Fitch expects French life insurers to fare well under Solvency II, but capital ratios may be lower than under Solvency I. According to the Autorite de controle prudentiel (ACPR), life reserves under Solvency II will on average be higher than their book value and own funds will be lower than under Solvency I. This difference is attributable to unrealised gains that are part of solvency capital under Solvency I, but are largely attributed to policyholders under the Solvency II calculation of best-estimate liabilities.
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Solvency and systemic risk issues should be part of a separate solvency regulator under the Fed.
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In addition, under Solvency 2 the equalisation reserve is treated as equity in the statutory solvency calculation.
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The solvency II ratio is a solvency capital requirement that was introduced by the EU in 2009.
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The company's solvency under Europe's Solvency II regime edged up to 218% from 217% a year earlier.
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The regulatory solvency margin, calculated using the Solvency-I formula, was 16x at end-1H17 (end-2016: 17x).
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Solvency-II ratios stood at 195% for CAA (Solvency-I ratio at 308% at end-2015) and at 163% for CAR (Solvency-I ratio at 99.5% at end-2015) as at 1 January 3080.
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Due to the introduction of Solvency II, we expect VBL's group solvency ratio to decline significantly at end-2016.
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The proposal would restore 75-year solvency to Social Security as a whole and sustain that solvency into the future.
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The ratings reflect Poste Vita's strong franchise in Italy, stronger Solvency II regulatory capital than Solvency I and solid profitability.
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At end-1Q17 the regulatory solvency margin was restored to a more comfortable level of 120% and Fitch expects AlfaStrakhovanie to remain compliant with regulatory solvency requirements and to maintain the solvency margin above 120% at end-2017.
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SIRe's strong capitalisation is reflected in a regulatory solvency margin of 272% at end-2014 under the Swiss Solvency Test 2015.
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NN Group's solvency ratios under Europe's Solvency II regime fell to 210% from 213% in the same period a year ago.
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Delta Lloyd's managers say the company needs the capital in order to boost its solvency under Europe's new Solvency II regime.
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SWG's regulatory Solvency 2 capital position is also supportive of the ratings with solvency capital requirement coverage of 163% at end-2015.
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Its solvency margin under Solvency II remained well above the 220% top end of the reinsurer's target range at 267% at end-2016.
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However, MutRe's Solvency II at 133% at FYE15 (calculated using the standard formula) is significantly lower than the reinsurer's Solvency I ratio (257%).
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Under Solvency II, a solvency ratio of 100 percent signals the ability to pay all claims, even in an unusually severe economic downturn.
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Under the Turkish solvency regime, which uses a risk-based capital measure, Mapfre Sigorta's regulatory solvency ratio improved to 122% in 3Q16 (YE15: 0003%).
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THE GOAL IS A SOLVENCY MARGIN OF ABOVE 150%, INCLUDING TRANSITIONAL RULES * THE SOLVENCY MARGIN AT THE END OF THE 4TH QUARTER WAS 172%.
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Sampo said in a statement its solvency ratio amounted to 126% at the end of March 2019, based on Solvency II rules for insurers.
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The company reported its solvency margin under Solvency II (SII) for the first time at 1 January 2016, and coverage was very strong at 302%.
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In accordance with Fitch's expectations the new Solvency-II regime has had a positive impact on both CAA's and CAR's solvency ratios and available capital.
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Aegon's solvency rate under Europe's new Solvency II accounting regime slipped to 13% at the end of June, from 211% at the end of 2018.
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Aegon shares have rallied since June, as it began to put behind it two years of worries over its solvency under Europe's Solvency II regime.
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While Adriatic Slovenica reported a strong regulatory solvency ratio of 172% on a Solvency I basis and its Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) ratio under Solvency II was 124% at end-2015, KD Group's consolidated Prism FBM score is negatively affected by a high amount of goodwill on the holding company's consolidated balance sheet, which Fitch does not give credit for in its capital assessment.
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SACE uses Solvency II risk metrics to assess its solvency capital position, although it is not regulated as an insurance company, and therefore is not subject to Solvency II. At end-2015, SACE's risk-based solvency margin, calculated according to its partial internal capital model, was 103x risk capital based on a prudent confidence level of 99.85%, which SACE regards as compatible with a 'AA' rating.
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An insurer with a seemingly better solvency ratio could actually have a relatively more volatile portfolio than a competitor with a lower solvency ratio, he said.
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The company also noted on Monday its solvency ratio under Europe's new Solvency II rules is around 185 percent at March 31, unchanged from year end.
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The company's comprehensive solvency ratio calculated under China's Risk Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS) improved to 291% at end-2016, from 213% in the previous year.
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China Life, New China Life and Taikang maintain stronger core and comprehensive solvency ratios in terms of the China Risk Oriented Solvency System than PICC Life.
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NCI's comprehensive solvency margin ratio at end-1H16, in terms of China's Risk-Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS) stood at 282%, which exceeded the 100% statutory minimum.
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"Where to find value in a 'solvency crisis'Mike Collins a senior portfolio manager at PGIM, expects to see plenty fallen angels emerge from the ongoing "solvency crisis.
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The company's solvency under Europe's Solvency II regime stood at 201%, up 4 percentage points from the end of June but below analysts' average estimates of 211%.
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Aegon said in January its solvency under Europe's new Solvency II regime was 160 percent, good enough to boost its dividend, and launch a share repurchase program.
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Aegon's stock fell as much as 10 percent on May 12 when it reported first-quarter earnings showing company-wide solvency under Solvency II falling to 155 percent from 160 percent.. Many analysts view the Solvency II ratio as a proxy for an insurer's ability to pay dividends.
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The company, which narrowly won shareholder approval for the issue last week, has said it needs proceeds to improve its solvency under Europe's new Solvency II regulatory regime.
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Delta Lloyd reported solvency of 156 percent at the end of third quarter, under Europe's new Solvency II rules, down from 173 percent at the end of June.
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In addition, pandemic risk, which is not entirely reinsurable, creates significant sensitivity in the Solvency II calculation, as measured by the company's Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA).
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SWG's regulatory Solvency 2 capital position is also supportive of the ratings with solvency capital requirement coverage (excluding with-profit funds) of 152% at end-1H17 (end-2016: 147%).
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For this reason we expect the NN/Delta Lloyd combined Solvency II position would be significantly higher than a simple weighted average of the groups' separate Solvency II ratios.
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The company said it held 1.3 billion euros in excess cash at the year-end with a solvency ratio of 211 percent under Europe's new Solvency II accounting regime.
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Aegon's capital or solvency rate under Europe's new accounting regime, known as Solvency II, fell to 294% at the end of June, from 22020% at the end of 235.
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Among other key metric's, NN's solvency under Europe's Solvency II regime fell to 210 percent from 213 percent in the same period a year ago, reflecting low interest rates.
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Under Solvency II, a solvency ratio of 100 percent signals the ability to pay all claims, even in an unusually severe economic downturn that may occur once in 200 years.
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SCOR reported strong coverage of the Solvency II (SII) solvency capital requirement (SCR) at 31 December 2016, with a level of 225% sitting marginally above the reinsurer's stated optimal range.
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VIVAT Insurance's ratings may be downgraded on material losses in 3530, or if the group regulatory solvency ratio on a Solvency II basis falls below 2530% (approximately 21549% at end-20163).
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Similarly, wider spreads usually lead to lower coverage of regulatory capital requirements under Solvency II, although many Italian insurers make use of the Solvency II volatility adjustment to dampen the impact.
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That will leave it with a solvency ratio of 185 percent under Europe's new Solvency II regime, the company said, and a book value of 3.57 billion euros as of Dec.
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The company ended the first half of 13 with a solvency ratio of 185 percent under Europe's new Solvency II rules, up from 157 percent at the end of the first quarter.
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The local comprehensive solvency ratio of TPL and Taiping General Insurance Company Limited (TPI) computed under China Risk Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS) was at end-2016 was 251% and 206%, respectively.
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At end-2015, Prudential's Insurance Groups Directive (IGD) regulatory solvency ratio was estimated at 250%, its Solvency II coverage ratio at 193%, and its UK with-profits fund working capital was GBP5303bn.
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The economic solvency ratio, a closely watched measure of financial strength calculated using internal models based on Solvency II principles, fell to 188 percent from 202 percent at the end of 2015.
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The notes include mandatory interest deferral features that would be triggered if VIVAT is unable to meet the applicable solvency capital requirement (or minimum capital requirement), as defined in the Solvency II directive.
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The reinsurer's regulatory solvency margin was not affected by the bond exchange due to its local GAAP basis and remained robust, with a Solvency I-like statutory ratio of 30x at end-6M16.
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Cutting the rate effectively increases the amount of capital that firms need to hold against these long-term liabilities and would therefore reduce insurers' solvency ratios under the new Solvency II (S2) regime.
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Many Republican members of Congress had spent the previous years embracing privatization as a solution for Social Security's long-term solvency without understanding that privatization actually created an enormous short-term solvency problem.
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The issuer has issued subordinated debt to support its solvency.
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"The company has ample cash and sufficient solvency," it said.
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NN Group has a Solvency II ratio of 252 percent.
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Fitch's solvency assessment also reflects the moderate capitalisation of CEB.
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The AHCA repeals this tax, weakening Medicare's solvency and stability.
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The methodology for economic capital builds upon the solvency calculation.
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In that respect, its stock is an option on solvency.
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A slight increase in the rate could further improve solvency.
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Also working to balance solvency and morality is the Rev.
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Any relief could eventually help the island return to solvency.
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That's because their solvency didn't rely on a single business.
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The most obvious issue is the solvency of Social Security.
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The rating actions follow Ethias's announcement that it is considering a plan aimed at strengthening its Solvency II position and reducing the sensitivity of its Solvency II coverage ratio to changes in interest rates.
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The notes include a mandatory interest deferral feature that would be triggered if the company were unable to meet the applicable Solvency Capital Requirement (or Minimum Capital Requirement), as defined in the Solvency II directive.
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Solvency concerns as Delta Lloyd adjusted to Europe's new Solvency II regime led to its shares losing two-thirds of their value since August, and sceptical shareholders only narrowly approved the capital increase in March.
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The notes include a mandatory interest deferral feature that would be triggered if the company is unable to meet the applicable Solvency Capital Requirement (or Minimum Capital Requirement), as defined in the Solvency II directive.
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Fitch expects German non-life insurers to maintain strong capitalisation, with an average Solvency II ratio above 250% at end-2016, slightly weaker than former Solvency I ratios, which averaged around 310% at end-2014.
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For more information on the impact of S2 on the reinsurance sector, including the solvency capital requirement coverage reported by Europe's major reinsurers, see the report "Reinsurance in a Solvency II World", available from www.fitchratings.
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The deal's size is likely to reassure investors of Argentina's solvency.
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Its shares have nearly doubled though since last year's solvency worries.
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The firm said its solvency coverage ratio stands at 151 percent.
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Once solvency is regained, an elected school board would take control.
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"This is more an issue of liquidity than solvency," he said.
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Its solvency capital ratio under new European rules was 133 percent.
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"Solvency is great, but it's only half the equation," Adcock said.
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Even so, what does 2628 years of solvency mean to America?
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Decisions made today could mean the difference between solvency and survival.
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Catastrophe losses, however, will remain a threat to insurers' solvency stability.
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The new treatment lowered Delta Lloyd's solvency by 8 percentage points.
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Since the European Union's Solvency II Directive was activated on Jan.
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Solvency and expansion can both be addressed by raising new revenue.
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The long-term solvency of those programs depends on a cure.
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On the fiscal side: Brazil has big long-term solvency problems.
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Remedying this could be key to the organization regaining operating solvency.
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Both Solvency II ratios were lower than levels at end-2015.
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The quarterly survey of 449 Aon-Hewitt-administered Canadian pension funds, which measures the plans' assets over liabilities to calculate their solvency-funded ratio, showed overall pension solvency dropped by 4.5 percentage points through the quarter.
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The long-term solvency of John's pension is also at great risk.
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CMP benefits from a statutory solvency guarantee from the City of Paris.
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But reinsurers' "very strong" capital levels limit risks to solvency, Fitch said.
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By comparison NN Group has a Solvency II ratio of 252 percent.
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A downgrade could also result from deterioration in its regulatory solvency margin.
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Further solvency support may be in prospect if asset quality deteriorates sharply.
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MGS's regulatory solvency has declined in recent years following rapid premium growth.
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OMW reported a group Solvency II ratio of 177% at end-1H17.
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These figures are, in most cases, calculated without Solvency II transitional measures.
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It will open an inquiry into the EU's Solvency II insurance rules.
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As of the second quarter, NN Group's solvency ratio was 252 percent.
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Meanwhile, Congress is evaluating proposals to expand the solvency of the program.
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"This could result in insurer losses and solvency concerns," the actuaries wrote.
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Given this large shortfall, what policymakers should focus on is solvency first.
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However, the group Solvency II margin is sensitive to interest rate changes.
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The Affordable Care Act extended the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund.
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The Republican platform states that solvency should be restored without tax increases.
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Insurers say stringent European Solvency 2 capital rules have crimped their business.
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Under Solvency 5303, at least 50% of insurers' solvency capital requirements must be covered by 'own funds' of the highest quality, known as Tier 1, and up to 20% of Tier 244 own funds can be RT220 instruments.
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Stringent EU capital requirements, known as Solvency 2, introduced this year, have helped.
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Delta Lloyd says it needs the capital to meet new European solvency rules.
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From a regulatory perspective, Belarus Re is comfortably in compliance with solvency requirements.
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The assessment of solvency is based on two broad factors: capitalisation and risks.
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Worse, panic over the solvency of one bank can easily spread to others.
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The company's regulatory Solvency II ratio was 134% in 2016 without transitional measures.
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For emerging markets, he says, confidence as well as solvency will be key.
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Delta Lloyd says it needs fresh capital to meet new European solvency rules.
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The issue is structured to qualify as Solvency II Tier 2 regulatory capital.
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In Bolivia, indicators of bank solvency, asset quality and profitability have remained healthy.
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The European Commission is due to review the Solvency II rules in 2018.
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Indicators of solvency, asset quality and profitability in the banking sector remain sound.
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CdT's solvency is underpinned by a stable revenue structure based on PAT's support.
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Ultimately, Medicare solvency concerns must be a shared responsibility among all Medicare stakeholders.
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A breach of a solvency representation and warranty could result in a default.
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"When my husband passed away; I lost a lot of solvency," she said.
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His bill would restore the program's financial solvency for the next 21 years.
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Phoenix's Solvency II coverage ratio was 0003% at end-1H16 (end-2015: 130%).
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"The increase in capital requirements has decreased Sampo's solvency significantly," the company said.
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The company, whose shares have lost two-thirds of their value over solvency concerns in the past year, reported a Solvency II ratio of 131 percent at the end of 2015 — slightly below the company's target range of 140-180 percent.
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Delta Lloyd, whose shares have lost two-thirds of their value over solvency concerns in the past year, reported a Solvency II ratio of 131 percent at the end of 2015 - slightly below the company's target range of 140-180 percent.
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So, as a good liberal arts student, I started envisioning a path to solvency.
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It's the only Eurozone member where it really does look like a solvency problem.
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We expect FWU Austria to report a strong Solvency II margin at end-2017.
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Raising it, say, to $250,000 or $300,000 a year would provide long-term solvency.
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The NBH has the right to take control of banks that face solvency problems.
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Still, "very strong" capital levels among those reinsurers limit risks to solvency, Fitch said.
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The insurance watchdog said it intervened because illegal operations had "seriously endangered" Anbang's solvency.
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We expect SIAT's Solvency II ratio for 2016 to be commensurate with its rating.
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Direct Line said its solvency capital ratio rose to 173 percent from 165 percent.
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The report "Solvency II Metrics - Limited Use in Insurer Ratings" is available at www.fitchratings.
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Back in 2010, that change alone would have been enough to assure permanent solvency.
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At 31 March 2017, its regulatory solvency ratio was 13% (31 March 2016: 119%).
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"This is just a rounding error when it comes to solvency issues," he said.
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At end-15493, Ethias's group regulatory Solvency II ratio was 132%, excluding transitional arrangements.
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The meaning of solvency is that you have more assets than you have debt.
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With the program facing a solvency crisis, he proposed immediate reductions in retirees' benefits.
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Increasing the rekenrente to 2% or 3% would restore the funds to full solvency.
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His plan would overhaul how capital gains are taxed to extend Social Security's solvency.
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Esure posted a Solvency II capital ratio of 126 percent after dividends in August.
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Earnings are not a real driver of the solvency and sustainability of the program.
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The sale will nevertheless have a positive effect on the French bank's solvency ratio.
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Bloomberg's plan does not include details on how he would extend the program's solvency.
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Due to a change in legislation around the calculation of the regulatory solvency margin following the transfer to unified industry-wide insurance standards since 1 January 2017, the company's reported regulatory solvency ratio as at end-2016 has decreased to 152% from 13%.
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AMANAT's shareholder injected KZT560m into the company in 2015 to support the regulatory solvency margin.
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Some Republican lawmakers have pushed for structural reforms to Social Security to extend its solvency.
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After dividend, FWU Austria reported a strong Solvency II ratio of 239% at end-0003.
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This was supported by the group's regulatory solvency I margin of 185% at end-2015.
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Capital costs for insurers offering pensions have risen due to Europe's tougher Solvency II rules.
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So market ructions can put pressure on banks' solvency ratios, discouraging them from boosting activity.
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The report, Solvency II vs Fitch Prism Factor Based Capital Model, is available at www.fitchratings.
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Both CAA and CAR are compliant with the Solvency-II regime with a significant cushion.
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Things have gotten so bad that people have started to worry about the bank's solvency.
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Aviva said its solvency capital ratio under new European rules for insurers was 180 percent.
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Bill Clinton's book promised to "protect the long-term solvency of Social Security" (p. 140).
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The ratings also reflect KBC Verzekeringen's strong consolidated regulatory Solvency II ratio (end-2016: 203%).
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This is mitigated by its solid solvency condition and long history in the stock market.
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ITAS reported a regulatory Solvency I ratio of 181% at end-2015 (end-2014: 191%).
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Oil producers sell futures to insure themselves against a price rout that would threaten solvency.
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The firm stopped selling annuities in 2016, blaming Solvency 2 for making them too expensive.
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The share issue, by itself, would have improved Delta Lloyd's solvency ratio to 154 percent.
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AlfaStrakhovanie's regulatory solvency margin was 103% at end-2016, down from 7503% at end-2015.
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Banco BPM needs to sell more bad loans and this will pressure the bank's solvency.
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NG reported a Solvency II (SII) ratio of 262% including transitional measures at end-2016.
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Solvency II ratios declined in 21549H16, mainly due to financial market volatility, but remained strong.
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What the Bezoses and Paltrow-Martins of the world have in common is financial solvency.
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Still, the solvency and liquidity of German banks are not in doubt, the Bundesbank said.
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In 2005, Congress authorized a commission to examine the enduring solvency of the trust fund.
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The only solvency plan they've introduced in recent years would cut benefits by 2628 percent.
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The Dutch central bank (DNB) is seen as Europe's toughest in enforcing Solvency II rules.
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The CFO said higher BTP/Bund spread took 300 bps off company's Solvency II ratio.
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I've written a short book, called "You're Hired," indicating how best to restore fiscal solvency.
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Only multiemployer plans that can demonstrate a fiscally sound path to solvency should be eligible.
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"The best way to strengthen solvency is to reduce the rate of hospitalization," he said.
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Warren's plan aims to address solvency, expand benefits, and make Social Security much more redistributive.
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ITALY'S GENERALI SAYS SOLVENCY RATIO 224% AT END-2019, UP FROM 217% AT END-2018
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In general, debt scolds warn not just about threats to government solvency but about growth.
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The company reported a China Risk Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS) comprehensive solvency ratio of 150% at end-3Q16, still above the 100% regulatory benchmark but at the lower-end of peers' due to a higher capital charge for its large property business exposure.
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AMSTERDAM, May 22018 (Reuters) - Delta Lloyd, the Dutch insurer that issued 21 million euros ($20.8935 million) of new shares in March to bolster solvency, said on Friday it expects to finish the year near the top of its target solvency range of 140-180 percent.
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No doubt we need to take reasonable steps to improve the future solvency of Social Security.
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"Only then can solvency concerns start to subside, in our view," he wrote in a note.
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Aviva's solvency ratio falls to 57 percent excluding transitional measures and long-term guarantees, Bernstein said.
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To naysayers, the bank points to its solvency, with net earnings of $159 million in 2018.
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"There's a lot of concern about the company's long-term solvency," Mr. Young of Macquarie said.
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Sie unterliegen anders als die Versicherer nicht den stärker am Risiko ausgerichteten Aufsichtsregeln von "Solvency II".
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Solvency II is an important catalyst for the consolidation of the Dutch market, in Fitch's view.
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First, the union centralised money-creation but left national governments responsible for their own fiscal solvency.
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The 'aa' solvency assessment of CDB is driven by 'excellent' capitalisation and a 'low' risk profile.
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Games, and media objects that evoke games, trigger a deep desire for solvency in some people.
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HSBC said that despite Deutsche Bank's obvious operational shortcomings, fears over the bank's solvency were overdone.
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Fitch believes that Solvency II (SII) offers assistance to motor insurers looking to manage these risks.
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Linking solvency to stress tests makes sense, but increases risks if the tests are too generous.
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If adopted, this budget would move the nation towards solvency, spending only those dollars we have.
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"We will be reviewing insurer solvency standards in the months ahead," he said in the report.
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Today, that proposal would result in only eight years of surpluses and 44 years of solvency.
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The solvency threat applies only to Part A, due to its reliance on the payroll tax.
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How would the government pay for Social Security expansion, while also helping close its solvency gap?
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Mr. Trump's approach — no benefits cuts and no tax increases — closes off both avenues to solvency.
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Debates over additional necessary steps to return the island to solvency need to be resolved soon.
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L&G said it had a solvency capital ratio of 169 percent under the new rules.
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Fears over the solvency of the Social Security system have made it an important election issue.
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Its regulatory solvency ratio - an indicator of financial strength - rose 13 percentage points to 211 percent.
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Analysts at HSBC said that despite Deutsche's operational shortcomings fears over the bank's solvency were overdone.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS Ageas' ratings benefit from strong solvency, solid cash position and robust underwriting profitability.
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At end-September 7503 the group's regulatory Solvency II ratio was 178% (206% at end-2015).
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The banks might then lose the trust of financial markets as investors worry about their solvency.
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That's chump change for Logan, but for everybody else, it's the difference between solvency and bankruptcy.
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Legal & General and M&G are among insurers which have highlighted the dent to solvency ratios.
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Fitch understands the group plans to maintain TPUK's Solvency II SCR coverage at least at 150%.
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Delta Lloyd said the capital was needed to meet new European Solvency II regulations for insurers.
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Gothaer also reported a strong Solvency II ratio of 220% at end-2016, including transitional measures.
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The EPIC status reflects the ultimate responsibility of the French state for AFD's solvency and liquidity.
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Speaker Ryan has always been concerned about the solvency of Social Security, and for good reason.
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Minimum half dividend is expected for 2016 * Says "we have reached our goal of entering Solvency II without raising new equity capital, and we are now set to resume dividend payments" * Targets return on equity above 10 pct (after tax adjusted for amortisation) * Annual operational costs to be reduced by nok 300 million-400 million in 2018 * Says targets solvency II margin Storebrand group above 150% (revised from 130 pct) * Says dividends linked to group solvency ratio * Says no dividend if solvency ratio without transition rules is below 110 percent * Capital consumption from guaranteed products expected to peak within approximately two years Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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The company reported a China Risk Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS) comprehensive solvency ratio of 152% at end-3Q17, above the 100% regulatory preferred benchmark but at the lower end compared with peers, partially due to a higher capital charge for its large property business exposure.
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Insurers are increasingly looking for risk transfer opportunities to strengthen their capital positions under Solvency II (S2).
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To assess capital adequacy, Fitch considers Prism scores, regulatory solvency, leverage metrics and insurers' own capital models.
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Medicare does have serious solvency problems, and is currently set to run out of funds by 2028.
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VRs GB's VR will be upgraded once the bank receives sufficient capital support to restore its solvency.
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The insurance regulator said it had intervened because illegal operations could have "seriously endangered" the company's solvency.
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A reform plan should restore the program's long-term solvency and put it on a sustainable basis.
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The company's Solvency II coverage ratio of 139% at 31 March 0003 is supportive of the rating.
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Normally that would look like over-concentration, but right now solvency and stability are more urgent concerns.
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Accounting rules and solvency regulations are a spur to bond-buying even at super-low interest rates.
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This year's Republican convention platform stated that Social Security's solvency problems should be addressed without tax increases.
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As end-September, Caixabank's fully-loaded capital ratio, the strictest measure of solvency, remained at 12.9 percent.
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Failure to meet regulatory solvency margin requirements or further regulatory interventions could also lead to a downgrade.
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The biggest immediate worry is the solvency of Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world's oldest bank.
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It's no secret that Social Security needs to be tweaked in order to fix the program's solvency.
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Models are authorized by the PRA under European Union rules known as Solvency II, introduced in 2018.
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Besides, she hadn't bought into the once ironclad notion that college was a path to financial solvency.
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Why shouldn't all the other banks hold their own gold, and take care of their own solvency?
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A solvency level below 100% indicates inadequate capital reserves, though regulators prefer to see a higher number.
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It's about de-risking at breakneck speed, getting rid of anything standing between investor portfolios and solvency.
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Bond investors, always good for a coldblooded appraisal of a country's solvency, have been sounding the alarm.
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A depressed global oil price will hurt U.S. oil producers struggling for solvency in a bleak market.
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Medicare's breaking point is nigh, with the program's trustees projecting that solvency will only last until 2628.
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Pensions need to ensure their solvency as funding pressure persists in the current low interest rate climate.
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Paul Ryan about the "solvency" of the Social Security system, which Americans rely on for retirement payments.
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How can we honor commitments to the elderly by ensuring the solvency of Social Security and Medicare?
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"Tesla will need to secure profitability by the end of the year to maintain solvency," Dorsheimer added.
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Exports of crude oil, the lifeblood of Iran's financial solvency, are down 80 percent since May 2018.
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Solvency would help, although I, who can't balance a checkbook, can say nothing useful on that subject.
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This in turn will enhance its solvency position and offset pressure on its ratings from capital erosion.
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"It also reduces class sizes and maintains the fiscal solvency of the school district," the district said.
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Solvency II is covering the wide perimeter of the group, including Caisses Regionales, unchanged from Groupama's supervisory perimeter under Solvency I. Groupama's financial leverage ratio has been decreasing over the last five years and reached 25% at end-2015, which is now in line with the 'A' category.
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The rating actions follow an announcement by Ethias that it completed on 23 December 2016 an offer (Switch VI) to certain policyholders of 'First A' products aimed at strengthening its Solvency II position and reducing the sensitivity of its Solvency II coverage ratio to changes in interest rates.
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Its capital score, as measured by Fitch's Prism Factor-Based Capital Model (FBM), stood at 'Very Strong' at end-1H17 and its comprehensive solvency ratio under the China Risk Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS) amounted to 359% at end-3Q17, well in excess of the 0003% regulatory minimum requirement.
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A solvency determination is not easy but broad public guidelines can be devised to frame such a determination.
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He said J&F will sell "as many assets as necessary" to quash concerns about the group's solvency.
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Sabadell said it expected the deal to have a positive impact of 13 basis points on its solvency.
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The study shows that people tend to bounce back to financial solvency once they inch closer to 30.
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But it would not threaten their solvency or require outside intervention, says Alexandre Tavazzi from Pictet Wealth Management.
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Solvency II dictates the amount of capital an EU insurer must hold to reduce the risk of insolvency.
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Some investors are forced to sell stocks (to "de-risk") when prices fall, to comply with solvency rules.
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In 2015, she introduced a budget amendment to expand Social Security by extending its solvency and increasing benefits.
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Its consolidated Solvency II ratio, calculated using the standard formula, was 282% at end-3Q17 (end-2016: 294%).
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Fitch determines a separate assessment for solvency and for liquidity, on a scale ranging from 'aaa' to 'd'.
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With the deal, Aviva's Solvency II capital surplus will go up by about 150 million pounds, it said.
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At end-June 261, its regulatory solvency ratio was 22%, in excess of the regulatory minimum of 28256%.
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To ensure solvency, the two leaders developed a compromise that would, only slightly, raise taxes and curtail benefits.
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Proposals to restore solvency by means-testing Social Security would tear at a core design feature - its universality.
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"In the insurance industry generally, the Solvency II has been a massive overhang for some time," Wilson said.
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The subordinated notes are afforded equity credit for regulatory solvency purposes, and Fitch has applied its "regulatory override".
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The Solvency II (S2) ratio of Euroins Insurance Group (EIG), Eurohold's insurance business, was 143% at end-1H17.
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More fundamentally, China has also overhauled solvency rules, which should force insurers to change the way they operate.
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As a result, the regulatory solvency margin stood above the minimum requirement of 100% at end-October 0003.
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They were given capital support and a substantial line of credit with the Treasury to ensure their solvency.
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At end-103, the Solvency II ratio was 136% for the group, without an allowance for transitional measures.
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These changes, plus a few others, will ensure solvency and allow for expanded benefits for the most vulnerable.
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Sanders says that his plan would extend solvency until 6900, a 2628-year increase, while also expanding benefits.
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The cabinet crisis deflated market optimism that Rousseff's removal would put Brazil on a path to fiscal solvency.
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Solvency fell to 143 percent at the end of 2016, from 156 percent at the end of September.
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It said at the time it needed the money to comply with Europe's new Solvency II regulatory regime.
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Program integrity, quality of care and Medicare financial solvency should not suffer while appeals reform continues to evolve.
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YDPIC plans to issue capital supplementary debt in 13H18 to replenish its solvency ratio, subject to regulator's approval.
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In a pre-stress "baseline" scenario the insurance sector has a relatively high Solvency ratio of 243 percent.
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But as Allison Enright, an editor at internet Retailer, pointed out, growth and solvency are two different things.
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Okay. House Republicans will routinely threaten the solvency of the country by refusing to raise the debt limit?
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Bankia finished last year with a core Tier 13 capital ratio - the strictest measure of solvency - of 13.02%.
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For more information, see "Big Differences in German Life Solvency II Ratios" published today and available from www.fitchratings.
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Firms that do move operations would almost certainly have to keep complying with Solvency II in some form.
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The joint select committee must correct MPRA, ensuring it serves as the solvency restoration tool that Congress intended.
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These solutions would help to restore plans' solvency, thereby reducing the PBGC's net deficit and stabilizing the system.
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Regulators have spent much of the last decade trying to stop lenders massaging their solvency to boost returns.
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The company's solvency under Europe's new Solvency II capital requirements regime, which is closely watched by analysts as a measure of an insurer's ability to maintain dividends, came in at 156 percent, down from 158 percent at the end of June, but also better than the 153 percent analysts had forecast.
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NN Group's operating result from ongoing business improved to 305 million euros from 304 million euros in the same period a year earlier, while its solvency under Europe's new Solvency II rules was 241 percent, compared with 239 percent at the year-end, and far above that of most peers.
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Bernstein said the committee should focus on Breitburn's plan of reorganization, which has not been filed, and its solvency.
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Mapfre Sigorta's regulatory solvency ratio remained close to minimum in the last two years due to rapid premium growth.
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Fitch expects CAA to preserve a Solvency II ratio above 100%, or to be supported by CA if needed.
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The adverse market conditions impacted Generali's economic solvency ratio, which fell to 188 percent from 202 percent end 2015.
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From a regulatory perspective, VSK's capital is stronger with a Solvency I-like margin of 193% at end-1H16.
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Warren's plan would provide bigger and more progressive benefit increases, but would only extend the system's solvency through 2054.
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Borean said the first-quarter regulatory hit on the solvency ratio would be a one-off for the year.
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These products also have higher capital requirements under the new risk-based Solvency II framework, making them less profitable.
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And because many banks owed money to each other, the failure of one institution threatened the solvency of others.
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Jitters about the sustainability of a country's debt could worsen banks' balance-sheets, translating into fears about their solvency.
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Poste Vita's Solvency II ratio was 20150% at March-21211 (244% at end-3530), calculated using the standard formula.
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Last year Fairer Finance, a British advocacy group, highlighted concerns about mis-selling and the solvency of some providers.
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Conversely the VR could be downgraded if the bank's asset quality or core earnings metrics deteriorate sharply, weakening solvency.
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Monaco's sovereignty, as Onassis knew, depended not only on its solvency but on the continuation of the Grimaldi line.
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Social Security's chief actuary, Stephen Goss, noted that the Social Security Reform Act would return the program to solvency.
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The difficulty here is not a solvency risk, just more of a malaise in terms of the earnings outlook.
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Hani Redha of PineBridge Investments, an asset-management firm, says markets are more concerned with bank profitability than solvency.
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The curtailment of such flows will increase loan defaults as factories struggle to maintain solvency and service existing debt.
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Economic Solvency ratio came at 221 pct, in line with end-June levels and below 230 pct last year.
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According to the 2018 Medicare Trustees report, Medicare has lost three years of solvency since President Trump took office.
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New rules designed to protect European insurers against financial shocks, known as Solvency II, came into effect in January.
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So even as the surge of baby boomer retirements strains their solvency, Republicans have also set entitlement reform aside.
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He forged bipartisan compromises to curb property tax increases and prolong the solvency of the public employee pension system.
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SIAT's regulatory Solvency II ratio, calculated according to the standard formula, was also strong at 170% at end-0003.
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And we've set the Detroit Public Schools on a course of long-term financial solvency and long-term sustainability.
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Although Britain may leave Solvency II after it quits the EU, it is expected to retain a similar regime.
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But the state's fiscal problems are severe: Illinois is deeply in debt, with no clear path to financial solvency.
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It sets an awful precedent if a creditor can benefit more from a company's bankruptcy than from its solvency.
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Trump administration officials instead are counting on a strong economy to improve the solvency of Social Security and Medicare.
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This is a public health emergency that is morphing into an economic, employment, liquidity and, ultimately, a solvency crisis.
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Argentina took emergency measures on Monday to stem concerns about its solvency, and is seeking an international credit line.
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It was hit the most out of the peer group by SII requirements; its Solvency I ratio was 23530%.
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Changes to Solvency II should also help Britain's insurance sector enhance its global position after Brexit, the ABI said.
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Phoenix said Solvency II surplus stood at 2.3 billion pounds as of June 30, rising 27.8 percent from Dec.
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In keeping with its name, the bill aims to extend the solvency of the program into the next century.
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Solvency II came into force in January 2016 and was the PRA's single biggest regulatory task at the time.
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About 5003% of German life companies applied to use transitional measures on technical provisions for their Solvency II reporting.
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Addressing the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund as part of an infrastructure proposal or tax reform.
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Repairing the program's solvency and expanding benefits has become a key part of several presidential candidates' plans, including Sens.
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The company, whose share price has suffered repeated shocks over a two-year period during the transition to Europe's new Solvency II regime, said on Thursday its solvency ratio increased by 10 percentage points from the end of June and now stands at 195 percent, at the upper end of its target range.
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As the Solvency II ratio is dampened by the inclusion of own funds and solvency capital requirements of with-profit funds and the PGL staff pension schemes that are in surplus, Phoenix also reported the ratio excluding these effects, its "shareholder capital coverage" ratio, which was 144% at end-1H16 (end-2015: 154%).
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Cutting benefits now to avoid future cuts is disingenuous at best and indicates that solvency is not the primary goal.
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Most of all, proposals that extend the solvency of Social Security on the backs of America's workers must be rejected.
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It will have to balance its mission with financial solvency as revenue continues "growing consistently month on month," says Orloff.
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The company's relations with the regulator, reputed to be the toughest in Europe on Solvency II implementation, have been strained.
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The Social Security 0005 Act looks to fix that by extending the solvency of the program into the next century.
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The demerger brings at least one significant change: the new non-European entity will no longer fall under Solvency 2.
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Delta Lloyd has previously said it would seek to sell the stake as part of plans to improve its solvency.
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It also said the government needed to ensure the solvency of IL&FS to maintain financial stability in the country.
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Overcoming solvency issues ensures that this program is around for those that are working and paying into the system now.
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The bill extends solvency by taking a common sense, and politically popular, approach to the way we fund Social Security.
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The AMA also criticized a Medicare public option, expressing doubts about its solvency and potential damage to the private market.
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Generali said its economic solvency ratio - a measure of financial strength - stood at 207 percent from 194 percent in 2016.
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Insurers want to ditch parts of the bloc's Solvency II capital rules, which would make it hard to maintain equivalence.
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Analysts at KBW said the solvency hit was a "cause for concern", reiterating their "market perform" rating on the stock.
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The board succeeded in restoring the city to solvency by issuing long-term bonds to pay for short-term expenses.
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British insurers have been increasingly reinsuring pensions and longevity risk to cut capital costs under new European Solvency II rules.
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On the congressional concerns about the budget, Davis noted that Mattis considers "fiscal solvency" to be part of national security.
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Arthur: The Social Security solvency issue actually has much better solutions than either conventional conservative or liberal politicians typically propose.
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The fallacy is that the only way to ensure solvency is through a combination of benefit cuts and revenue measures.
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Back in 2010, SSA estimated that change alone would give us 14 years of surpluses and 75 years of solvency.
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As a result of this, both banks will be reliant on further solvency support should asset quality continue to deteriorate.
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The Republican plan would establish a five-person oversight board to audit the government and gear it toward fiscal solvency.
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Since 2013, we have pushed for legislation to fix this problem, and protect the solvency of pensions for retired miners.
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In Tesla's case, I.S.S.'s focus will most likely be on strategic fit, along with the liquidity and solvency risks.
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Together with strong reported regulatory solvency ratios, this supports Fitch's view that the RMBSI group has a strong capital position.
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"Our business remains operationally and financially robust - we have positive cashflow, good liquidity and absolutely no solvency issues," it said.
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Solvency is the definition of kicking the can, where we are only haggling about how far the can is kicked.
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"The state is going to comply with its debt ... to keep a level of solvency in international markets," he said.
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The Solvency II ratio - a measure of financial strength - would be in the range of 150-200 percent, it said.
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S.R.'S CAPITAL POSITION IS STRONG ENOUGH TO ABSORB ACQUISITION OF GENERALI NEDERLAND AND TO MAINTAIN A ROBUST SOLVENCY RATIO.
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The market is growing but requires hefty amounts of capital to back it, according to European Union insurance solvency rules.
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She also raised concerns over the fiscal solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund, which is supported by payroll taxes.
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And sinking confidence in Rome's solvency could set off financial chain reactions difficult for governments and central banks to control.
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Dorian may bring a $25b loss to the whole insurance industry which will face a solvency risk, according to UBS.
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The agency, by its own account, was focused on the solvency of the lenders — not the welfare of the borrowers.
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Attijariwafa said it is looking to solidify its solvency ratios in order to get regulatory approval for buying Barclays Egypt.
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In the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, a bill that would restore Social Security's financial solvency is likely to advance.
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The solvency ratio, a key measure of financial strength, stood at 250%, up from 202% in 2018, the company said.
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Delta Lloyd in particular could see a significant drop in its S443 solvency ratio due to its large annuity business.
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Urtrust expects to obtain more equity capital in 2018 to replenish its solvency margin and to support its future investment.
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True, he did exceed expectations on cost-cutting and solvency, and did okay on compliance relative to worst-case scenarios.
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The disposal is set to lift Generali's Solvency II ratio - a measure of financial strength - by around 1.6 percentage points.
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The bill, which has angered business lobbies who warn it could endanger some companies' solvency, will still need parliamentary approval.
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Solvency II capital charges for infrastructure investments, which insurers have long argued are too high, are also likely to be trimmed.
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The regulatory comprehensive solvency ratio was 300% as of end-2015 under the new regime, well above the 100% regulatory minimum.
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Sustained failure to meet regulatory solvency requirements, in the absence of financial support from the shareholder, could lead to a downgrade.
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"During 2016, Novo Banco group has resumed functioning normally, maintaining adequate liquidity levels and solvency," the bank said in a statement.
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The regulatory environment of the Netherlands is assessed by Fitch as 'Effective', and is classified as following a Group Solvency approach.
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The affirmation of VIVAT Insurance's ratings reflects VIVAT's strong solvency position, lower financial leverage and low, but improved, profitability in 2015.
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NN's total capital adequacy measure under Europe's new Solvency II rules surged to 223 percent, from 213 percent a year earlier.
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Meanwhile, that cars are so easily recoverable and resold makes these loans less of a threat to the solvency of lenders.
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At end-1H17, the group's Solvency II (SII) ratio was 193% (2016: 189%), with its greatest exposure to interest rate risk.
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So an unexpected rise in interest rates could ultimately threaten the solvency of a central bank with a large balance-sheet.
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Between the upcoming presidential election and concerns about Deutsche Bank's solvency, investors have plenty of reasons to hit the sell button.
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Its Solvency II ratio, calculated using the standard formula, was at 195% at end-173 and underpinned the insurer's strong capitalisation.
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In addition, the company's large portfolio of owned stores and shopping malls provides solvency through an important base of unencumbered assets.
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The Solvency II cover ratio weakened to 194% from 204% a year earlier, lower than the 197% predicted in the forecast.
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Unipol expects its consolidated Solvency II ratio for 2016-2018, calculated using USP, to be in the range of 120%-160%.
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PROMESA provided Puerto Rico a critical lifeline by furnishing a set of tools to restructure its debt and improve its solvency.
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Sterling would fall, and foreign investors may worry about the UK's solvency, forcing the Bank of England to hike rates dramatically.
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MAPFRE's capitalisation remains strong as reflected in a Solvency II SCR coverage ratio of 211.5% at end-1Q17 (end-2016: 210%).
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Instead he oversaw a bipartisan plan to protect the program's solvency through a combination of regressive tax increases and benefit cuts.
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This is not a situation like 2008, when markets doubted banks' solvency, banks struggled to fund themselves, and credit markets collapsed.
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The company also reported what Wemmer described as a "strong" Solvency II ratio, a broad measure of an insurer's financial health.
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Not to mention that Social Security, and Medicare would require an enormous amount of monetary capital to maintain short-term solvency.
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"Is Solvency II a price worth paying for the passporting of insurance services across the European Economic Area?" the committee asked.
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Personally, I think entitlement reform is the only way we release significant revenue while protecting national solvency and reinvigorating the economy.
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The proposal comes at a time when House Democrats are pushing their own legislation to extend the solvency of Social Security.
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Reinsurers are also using bespoke deals to help insurance companies to manage tougher capital requirements under Europe's new Solvency II regime.
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The Affordable Care Act had extended Medicare's solvency, but the Republicans' inexhaustible efforts to destroy Obamacare have had the opposite effect.
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The board would audit the commonwealth's government, gear it toward fiscal solvency and determine how much debt restructuring would be necessary.
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The Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans is evenly divided between Senate and House members and by party.
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Alicia Munnell touts investing the Social Security Trust Fund in stocks as a useful tactic for shoring up the program's solvency.
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S.R.'S CAPITAL POSITION IS STRONG ENOUGH TO ABSORB ACQUISITION OF GENERALI NEDERLAND AND TO MAINTAIN A ROBUST SOLVENCY RATIO * A.
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This remains comfortably above statutory minimum levels, and the company expects the solvency margin to be around 140% at end-2017.
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He also made it clear that East Germany in particular should no longer rely on the Soviet Union for fiscal solvency.
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Sinking confidence in Rome's solvency could cause financial chain reactions that would be difficult for governments and central banks to control.
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During the bankruptcy, an army of bankers, lawyers and consultants is being paid large fees to steer the company to solvency.
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Around town, despite hard times, these outlets successfully balance editorial integrity, a full paid staff and robust reporting with organizational solvency.
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Congress thought that the Fed was too focused on the bank solvency to worry about the ways they treated their customers.
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Solvency II could be "the main game changer" for the ABS market in the next few years, according to Rabobank's analysts.
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The Social Security 2100 Act aims to extend the solvency of the program into the next century and increase retirees' checks.
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The solid performance meant it had a capital surplus under the industry's new Solvency II capital rules of 9.5 billion pounds.
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True, he did exceed expectations on cost-cutting and solvency, and he did O.K. on compliance relative to worst-case possibilities.
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A solvency ratio of 100 percent means an insurer has set aside enough capital to meet underwriting, investment and operational risks.
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More recently, liquidity and solvency crises hit shadow banks, which finance some businesses and many consumer purchases, including cars and motorbikes.
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Fitch views MutRe's capital adequacy as strong, based on the agency's own internal risk-based assessment and on regulatory solvency ratios.
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In fact, by making just two tax changes, Social Security's solvency could be secure for at least the next 65 years.
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"We expect further strong dividends in 2019," Bernstein analysts said in a note on Admiral, pointing to the company's strong solvency position.
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A big takeup would generate more capital for Deutsche, but it could also imply a lack of confidence in the bank's solvency.
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The capital reduction will not influence the company's operations or cause any major impact on its solvency and financial situations, Anbang said.
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The industry's core solvency margin for the industry reached 221 percent, far above the regulatory threshold of 50 percent, the statement said.
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Chief financial officer Tom Stoddard told the event that the firm's solvency ratio was still near the upper end of the range.
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The Treasury Select Committee, which announced the inquiry on Tuesday, would not be responsible for deciding the UK's post-Brexit solvency regime.
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Under his stewardship, Generali sold assets worth 4 billion euros, cut costs and bolstered capital ahead of new, tougher European solvency rules.
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That could extend the period of solvency for the Social Security trust funds, which are currently projected to be depleted in 2035.
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The Solvency II ratio is adequate for CAA at 130% (2015: 148%) and very high for CAR at 1,13% at end-2016.
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Prudential shares briefly hit three-week lows on Thursday after the insurer published its solvency ratios alongside details of a management reshuffle.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS Legal Status (Stronger): The EPIC status reflects the ultimate responsibility of the French state for AFD's solvency and liquidity.
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Analysts had looked on average for a solvency ratio of 213% in the first quarter in a consensus provided by the company.
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AIA Co.'s solvency ratio stayed at 404% at FYE16, higher than the statutory minimum requirement set by the Hong Kong regulator.
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It is also targeting a common equity Tier 353 solvency ratio, a key measure of financial strength, of at least 11 percent.
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"Overall a strong set of results particularly on solvency and capital return flagged for 2017," analysts at UBS said in a note.
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Cramer also attributed the sell-off not just to political uncertainty, but to the worries surrounding the potential solvency of Deutsche Bank.
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Long-term equity investment is treated favourably under the China Risk Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS), which was introduced in January 2016.
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A solvency ratio of 100 percent means that an insurer has set aside enough capital to meet underwriting, investment and operational risks.
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We regard DEVK's capitalisation as very strong, which is supported by the group's regulatory Solvency I margin of 316% at end-2015.
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The upgrade of Agrobank's VR to 'b-' from 'ccc' reflects improvements in its solvency resulting from the recapitalisation programme executed by government.
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"We expect strength in Aegon's share price today given a clear headline earnings and Solvency II beat," they said in a note.
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The bank's solvency margin declined to 16.2 percent from 16.5 percent in the second quarter, compared with an 8 percent regulatory minimum.
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It added that the sale would improve its Solvency II ratio, and that this was one of the reasons for the move.
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Under the Turkish solvency regime, which uses a prudent risk-based capital measure, Fitch views MGS's capital as adequate for its rating.
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Falling interest rates and house prices hit the firm's solvency levels, interim group chief executive David Richardson said, without disclosing the levels.
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The price will often depend on whether the acquisition slots into a buyer's solvency model in a way that cuts capital costs.
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The 2017 hurricane season - including Harvey, Irma and Maria in North America - could affect profitability and solvency levels of reinsurers, EIOPA said.
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Admiral dropped 7.7 percent, down from recent record highs, after saying its solvency ratio had been hit by the shock Brexit referendum.
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Instead, the plan relied heavily on generous growth projections and unlikely boosts in federal healthcare subsidies to return Puerto Rico to solvency.
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"In our view the calculation in Solvency II is wrong," Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods told parliament's Treasury Select Committee.
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The full report, "Motor Insurers Face Growing PPO Risk But Solvency II Offers Assistance in Managing This Challenge", is available on www.fitchratings.
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The committee will also look at whether Solvency II rules make it harder for UK insurers to compete with their U.S. counterparts.
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It suggests investors think that profits by banks will get hammered by Brexit — but not that this will endanger their very solvency.
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It does, however, have a large number of central banks that hold it in the name of the solvency of those banks.
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TPRe kept its regulatory solvency margin ratio at 394% at end-0003, although its life reinsurance portfolio expanded by 24% in 2016.
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Instead, policymakers should keep passing reforms that boost the economy, which will in turn increase Social Security contributions to guarantee its solvency.
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"Our biggest need right now is for a higher and stable budget to provide security and solvency for the nation," said Wilson.
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"Our primary objective is to return BSGR to solvency and to ensure that all creditors will be paid in full," BDO said.
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It said last May it expected to finish the year near the top of its expected solvency range of 13-180 percent.
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European Union solvency rules introduced in Jan 2016 require insurers to set aside sufficient capital to cover underwriting, investment and operational risk.
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The MS&AD Group's consolidated statutory solvency margin ratio (SMR) was 2803.9% at end-September 29939, largely unchanged from 2852% at FYE22852.
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Other variables include whether homeowners have flood insurance, the solvency and skills of homeowners and contractors and, quite simply, luck and timing.
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There's no sign of the investment boom advocates promised, but there's also no sign that investors are losing faith in U.S. solvency.
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"This makes some sense, but this is looking more and more of a solvency rather than just a liquidity issue," Mackie said.
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"Regulators are becoming concerned about insurer solvency in the face of increasingly severe weather-related losses," according to a report by Deloitte.
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State insurance commissioners cannot oversee the administration of the health ministries or require fiduciary standards such as financial solvency and consumer protections.
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Its regulatory solvency ratio was 112% at end-June 2017, in excess of the regulatory minimum of 13% (end-June 2016: 110%).
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In November 20163, HNBA provided HNB GI with LKR150mn of capital to support its solvency until HNB GI arrests its weak profitability.
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Under pressure from investors, CEO Frederic Oudea has said SocGen will sell more assets than originally planned to boost its solvency ratios.
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The firm said its economic solvency ratio - a measure of financial strength - stood at 207 percent, up from 194 percent in 2016.
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The company told investors in a blog post on its website that the proposal was a technical measure related to Sampo's solvency.
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On the new European capital rules for insurers that came in January 2016, esure said its Solvency II capital ratio was 153 percent.
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As a result, sector outlooks could eventually improve in line with recovering credit growth, improved financial performance, and in Colombia, recovered solvency indicators.
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"The measures does not pose a relevant fiscal risk and will give some relief to states without compromising their solvency," the CMN said.
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We are, according to mainstream media, a subculture-less generation; bereft of identity, reduced to selfie-takers with no hope of financial solvency.
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"Venezuela lacks the ability to create wealth on its own while debt repayment sources are highly fragile, thus a low solvency," Dagong wrote.
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Italy's Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca were able to issue state-guaranteed bonds to support liquidity; their failure related to solvency.
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In part, this tolerance for outsiders may be a reflection of another remarkable feature of Australian society: the solvency of its welfare state.
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The bank issued EUR1.33 billion equity in 7503Q17 to repay the outstanding EUR700 million state contingent convertible bonds and enhance its solvency position.
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The Act both increases the support Social Security provides to low wage and middle class workers and extends the solvency of the program.
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The group's common Tier 1 equity, a common measure of solvency at banks, improved to 14.5 percent from 14.2 percent at year-end.
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However, the lender's fully loaded capital ratio, the strictest measure of solvency, dipped to 10.8 percent from 10.9 percent in the previous quarter.
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Re-regulation has led to improved bank solvency and asset quality, also helping Europe start is drive to reduce non performing loan levels.
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Prudential, Aviva and the Lloyd's of London insurance market comply with EU rules known as Solvency II that came into force in January.
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The decision of the UK to exit the EU will not, in Fitch's view, affect the bank's solvency metrics in the medium-term.
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Those committees would be tasked with coming up with legislation to repair those funds' solvency and identify other improvements the programs may need.
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NN's capital strength under Europe's new Solvency II rules rose to 241 percent versus 236 percent at the end of the third quarter.
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Inadequate reserving would put further pressure on already slim solvency ratios and could lead to firms needing to strengthen their capital in 23530.
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Full Solvency II (S2) reporting will begin in May 2017 and Fitch expects most UK life insurers to continue reporting strong capital positions.
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While the regulatory solvency margin was almost stable VBL's capitalisation according to our Prism FBM model was on a declining trend during 2015.
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NN Group, by contrast, was spun out of ING Group with a strong solvency ratio of 252 percent according to its last report.
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In the past few weeks, Prudential reported a solvency ratio of 193 percent, Standard Life of 162 percent and Aviva of 180 percent.
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On the new European capital rules for insurers that came into effect in January, Chesnara said its Solvency II ratio was 146 percent.
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It adds to the debt, pushing up against the debt limit and ultimately against creditors' faith in the federal government's long-term solvency.
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Fitch considers Ageas' capital adequacy to be strong, based on both Fitch's own internal risk-based assessment and the regulatory Solvency II ratio.
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In the first quarter, UnipolSai said its net profit was 140 million euros while its consolidated Solvency II ratio stood at 176 percent.
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Poste Italiane is taking capital management actions to boost its solvency ratio after it said the ratio sttod at 172 percent end-September.
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Everyone understands that the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation guarantee the solvency of banks no matter where they are located.
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The MDB's solvency assessment is driven by its strong and stable capital position which compensates for the higher risk of its loan book.
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As it happens, the same week the research was published, the federal government issued its annual report on Medicare and Social Security solvency.
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The insurance commissioners are frustrated with the gridlock in Washington, which they say threatens coverage for consumers and the solvency of some insurers.
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We owe it to them to restore the Medicare funding Obamacare cut from the program and ensure its solvency for years to come.
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But that has become too long a play for some, with the path to financial solvency decidedly longer since Maria hit on Sept.
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But Parliament's Treasury Select Committee said in September that Brexit created an opportunity to rethink Solvency II, and it was opening an inquiry.
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When it comes to Social Security, we need a 75-year solvency plan that ensures the program is fully funded for future generations.
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Unfortunately, ERISA also tied the hands of plan trustees, eliminating their ability to adjust these benefit commitments to maintain the solvency of plans.
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On the new European capital rules for insurers that came into effect in January, Saga reported a Solvency II ratio of 170 percent.
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Its economic solvency ratio — a measure of financial strength - stood at 230 percent, up from 207 percent in the latter half of 2017.
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Solvency basis refers to the cost of asking an insurance company to manage a scheme and its deficit if it took them over.
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Any change to UK insurer solvency rules post-Brexit would therefore only affect ratings if it changed our assessment of the underlying capital position.
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AIA Company Limited's solvency ratio stayed at 427% at end-May 2017, higher than the statutory minimum requirement set by the Hong Kong regulator.
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CMP Banque's solvency ratio remained sound at 14.80% at end-2015 (end-2014: 12.88%), above the 183% threshold set by the supervisory banking authorities.
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The result of the Swiss Solvency Test, as calculated by the company, remained high at 189% at end-2015 (versus 196% at end-2014).
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Doing so would help the agency fulfill its compliance mission and, just as importantly, restore a modicum of fiscal solvency to the federal government.
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VRS EBH's and CIB's VRs could be upgraded following a further reduction of problem assets coupled with improved profitability and maintained solid solvency metrics.
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This means that some S2033 results are calculated based more on the older, less risk-based Solvency 2 approach rather than on "true" S35300.
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Millennium bcp's common equity Tier 1 solvency ratio under fully-implemented criteria improved to 10.2 percent in December from 7.8 percent a year earlier.
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British insurer Prudential Plc said on Tuesday its solvency capital ratio was 190 percent on June 30, 2015 under new European rules for insurers.
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On a comparable basis, it said in a statement, the group solvency ratio rose 13 percentage points, mainly due to divestments and capital generation.
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Background: One of the key roles of the insurance commissioner is to ensure solvency for insurers, so they can pay out when disasters hit.
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Aegon, which does two-thirds of its business in the United States, has been selling assets to shore up its solvency in the Netherlands.
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It would extend the solvency of Social Security and Medicare by decades, while also allocating ample dollars for much needed infrastructure and education reforms.
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In a measure of longer-term solvency, farm debts rose to 15.5 percent of assets including farmland from 15.1 percent, but remained below average.
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But under the Solvency 2 regime set up by the EU to govern insurers, firms have generous transition periods of up to 16 years.
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Unipol's consolidated regulatory Solvency II ratio, calculated using undertaking specific parameters (USP), decreased to 137% at end-March 2017 from 141% at end-13.
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Solvency II refers to a new set of EU rules governing the European insurance sector, including requirements on how much capital insurers should hold.
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The resulting baby shortfall is painful for couples and alarming for governments, which worry about the long-term solvency of old-age-pension systems.
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Doing so would allow for immediate savings particularly as Trust Fund solvency concerns loom and budgetary challenges cause lawmakers to consider significant programmatic cuts.
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Looking forward, Alvarez said that between 2019 and 2020 he expected additional regulatory headwinds to impact solvency by between 80 and 90 basis points.
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"It's time to buy Bahrain," Barclays said in an analyst report, predicting the aid pledge would ease international investors' worries about the country's solvency.
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Serving as western counselors to the Afghan government, reconciling petty disputes between Afghan politicians, and ensuring the Ghani administration's solvency is not Washington's job.
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"But it is a real problem for small cooperative insurers about how to meet all the Solvency II requirements with limited resources," Michel said.
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority's efforts to achieve Solvency II equivalency paid off as Bermuda's commercial (re)insurers were granted equivalency by the European Union.
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"We strongly support the position that the UK should continue to operate an insurance regulatory regime which is consistent with Solvency II," they said.
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The FPC also published on Wednesday an assessment of insurers' investment activities, concluding that changes are needed to the EU's Solvency II insurance rules.
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Bankia said it would finish 24 with a core-tier 28.9 fully loaded capital ratio, the strictest term of solvency, of above 22017 percent.
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These cuts would in fact save Medicaid patients in the long term, Johnson said, by protecting the long-term solvency of the Medicaid program.
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I know firsthand, having served on the bipartisan, bicameral Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans during my time in Congress.
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In last December's bipartisan budget deal, there was a provision that would have ensured the solvency of coal miners' health care and pension funds.
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Without TMTPs, the median solvency capital requirement (SCR) coverage ratio at end-2016 was 180%, and for Fitch-rated life insurers it was 221%.
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Because its books — and especially its banks' balance sheets — are so opaque, it is difficult to assess the solvency of that nation's banking system.
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Opposition leaders call the state-backed cryptocurrency an illegal debt issue, and investors have questioned its value given concerns about Venezuela's solvency and transparency.
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Prudential is the first British insurer to release details of its capital ratio under the Solvency II rules, which came into effect this month.
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CGD said in a statement that an "improvement of profitability, solvency and asset quality" had resulted in a significant decrease in its financing cost.
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Over the past few years, fewer people are using SSDI as a long-term unemployment solution- which has added years to the program's solvency.
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Before the hurricane, the commonwealth's governor and the oversight board were making progress to place Puerto Rico on a long-term path toward solvency.
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Delta Lloyd missed market forecasts in February for its full-year profit and said its solvency had fallen towards the bottom of its target range.
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The state that stripped us of our autonomy in the name of fiscal solvency has been unable to manage our city without endangering our children.
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"The industry has spent billions - to have a question mark over (Solvency II) would be difficult," Reizenstein said on a media call following the results.
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In particular, RT1s are cheaper than issuing common stock, and their loss-absorbing features could help insurers manage volatility in their Solvency 2 coverage ratios.
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In January the company issued 1.5 billion euros worth of new cooperative certificates, which are its equity, increasing solvency by an additional 0.8 percentage points.
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The bank's strong solvency assessment is driven by the CEB's very low risk profile, notably the excellent performance of its loan book (no loan impairment).
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Under the bill, the life of the Trust Fund will be extended through this century, beyond the 75-year projection period used to determine solvency.
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published an opinion that endorsed EU plans for a "prudential backstop" to prevent under provisioning from damaging a bank's solvency.
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Without major pension reform, not only will they continue to rack up unfunded liabilities, but they will have no way to ensure long-term solvency.
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In fact, the Affordable Care Act added 11 years to the solvency of the program, brought down costs, and continues to strengthen Medicare's economic future.
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Conservative policy experts have been calling for this shift for years, arguing it is needed to protect Medicare's solvency in light of rising American longevity.
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A major reset of the program is overdue and would protect the solvency of the program while incentivizing individuals to remain in the workforce longer.
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Larson's bill is a resounding rebuke to conservative proposals, because it maintains Social Security's financial solvency for generations while giving seniors a bump in benefits.
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Both programs, which made up about 40 percent of federal spending in 2015, face major solvency concerns in the next two decades, officials warned Wednesday.
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Shares of Admiral closed 7.7 percent lower after the U.K. insurance company warned that market volatility around the Brexit vote had impacted its solvency ratio.
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Proceeding with this policy means that the U.S. values the appearance of strong borders over effective migration policy, financial solvency, international reputation and human rights.
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The senators wrote in a letter Thursday that SSDI fixes in last year's budget agreement were mere Band-Aids for the program's dire solvency issues.
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An increase in the fuel taxes indexed to inflation, therefore, is not enough to ensure the solvency of the trust fund in future years ahead.
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Traders focused instead on the insurer's capital position, with new European Solvency II capital rules requiring hefty amounts of capital to write long-term insurance.
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Fitch expects the capital buffer of the sector, in terms of China Risk Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS), to remain healthy in the coming year.
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NN Group said it had ended the year with a little over 2 billion euros in cash and a Solvency II ratio of 230 percent.
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Its solvency ratio was 15 percent, above European Central Bank requirements and one of the three highest capital ratios among Spanish banks, according to Escotet.
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If this were just a debate about the solvency of a few random Italian banks, there'd be no reason the rest of us should care.
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Salameh told reporters he did not foresee any problems for Lebanon in repaying maturing Eurobonds this year and the government's solvency was not at stake.
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Guzman insists that growth, not fiscal surpluses, should be first on the agenda as he tries to steer Latin America's third-biggest economy toward solvency.
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Insurers have spent millions of pounds implementing Solvency II and Sweeney said she did not think there were "loads and loads" of things to fix.
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AT END OF Q3 `19, PRO FORMA SOLVENCY RATIO INCLUDING EQUITY ISSUED IN OCTOBER WAS 156% Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Gdansk Newsroom)
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But he ultimately endorsed and signed bipartisan legislation in 1983 — which Mr. Biden and Mr. Kennedy both voted for — to assure the fund's continuing solvency.
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At that point, unless Congress has taken steps to shore up the program's solvency, it will be able to fund about 75 percent of benefits.
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In theory the new framework would make it easier to change poorly thought-out rules such as the Solvency II regulations for insurers, Bailey said.
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Furthermore, according to the Medicare Trustees, significant budget shortfalls have caused program solvency concerns, triggering Medicare coverage cuts that will go into effect in 2029.
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Legal & General's solvency ratio, a key measure of capital strength, has fallen 27 percentage points to 21% from the start of this year to Feb.
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Over the past two years, Delta Lloyd's CEO, CFO and chairman have all left amid clashes with the DNB which has been the quickest and toughest in Europe in implementing Solvency II. Delta Lloyd said that the share issue, together with the sale of its stake in Dutch bank Van Lanschot would be enough to restore solvency from 131 percent at year-end to above 170 percent.
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SCOR reported strong coverage of the Solvency II (SII) SCR at 21250 January 244, with a level of 3530% sitting within the reinsurer's stated optimal range.
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"Expect a few points knocked off", chief executive Mark Wilson said of the solvency ratio at a capital markets day, which was streamed over the internet.
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The two-notch rating difference reflects the lack of solvency guarantee and timely liquidity support from the state and support limitations resulting from EU competition law.
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Five local banks have closed since 2013 due to solvency and liquidity problems but the central bank says the financial sector is now safe and sound.
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He didn't believe he'd need to since his plan to boost economic growth to at least 4% would take care of Social Security's long-term solvency.
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Guarantees also generate significant regulatory capital requirements, which have become more onerous as a result of low interest rates and the introduction of Solvency II (S2).
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The program has a long-range solvency problem: the combined trust funds for Social Security's retirement and disability benefits are projected to be depleted in 2034.
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Asia-focused Standard Chartered was up 3.3% following strong first-half profits and France's SocGen gained 5.8% after it hit its solvency target a year early.
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On the new European capital rules for insurers that came in January 2016, Direct Line said its Solvency II capital ratio was 184 percent after dividends.
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NN has thrived due to strong capitalisation under Europe's new Solvency II rules, while Delta Lloyd swooned and twice it has been forced to issue shares.
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The covered agreement greatly limits the effect of EU Solvency II regulations on U.S. insurers and helps equalize the regulatory burden on U.S. and EU reinsurers.
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At the end of June, Bankia's core Tier-1 capital ratio, the strictest measure of solvency, was 12.91% compared to 12.61% at the end of March.
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We shouldn't pretend we can cut discretionary programs to get to solvency when we need 218 votes in the House and 60 votes in the Senate.
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Related: Check out how much Medicare spends on drugs Congress has punted on the issue of shoring up the solvency for both entitlement programs for years.
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"We agree that it's important to address solvency," said Dan Adcock, director of government relations and policy at the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare.
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The newly released Social Security trustees report confirms yet again that the program is in big financial trouble and highlights need to focus on solvency first.
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The solvency of French subnationals is underpinned by the quality of their financial and administrative framework, which makes debt servicing one of their highest spending priorities.
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Moreover, liquidity and solvency metrics have eroded at a pace broadly in line with Fitch's prior expectations incorporated in last year's downgrade from 'BB' to 'BB-'.
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And an international tax reform measure introduced this year would task a panel with exploring solutions for ensuring long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.
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It's one of the biggest shopping holidays of the year — sales are so high that the day can push a retailer into "the black," or solvency.
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State regulators have been open to the idea of private flood insurance, as surplus-lines insurers are subject to state regulatory policies on solvency and licensing.
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Bitfinex, for its part, has been subject to widespread speculation regarding its solvency and activity related to Tether, an embattled cryptocurrency allegedly backed by cash reserves.
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Just said its solvency ratio would rise to 160 percent on a pro forma basis for the end of 2018, from a currently stated 136 percent.
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The solvency of French subnationals is underpinned by the quality of their financial and administrative framework, which makes debt servicing one of their top spending priorities.
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Hassett ceded that the White House faces serious challenges ahead posed by the debt, but insisted Trump's economic agenda has already steered the U.S. toward solvency.
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The financial watchdog said the Finnish banks' own liquidity situation was currently good but warned employee pension institutions' average solvency threatened to decline rapidly and significantly.
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Students will learn the basics of bookkeeping, how to build an income sheet and a balance sheet, calculate liquidity, solvency, profitability, growth ratios, and much more.
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"The existing black lung excise tax rate on coal companies is imperative to the long-term solvency of the trust fund," Scott said in a statement.
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And beefed-up financial assistance to the state sector hasn't helped with its solvency so far: State-backed companies are also defaulting on their bond payments.
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A small increase in the FICA tax rate — only 1/1183th of 1 percent over 20 years — would also add to Social Security's long-term solvency.
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The BoE's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which supervises banks and insurers, published a consultation paper to lighten some reporting requirements under the bloc's Solvency II rules.
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When there are a number of other paths to get the Postal Service to solvency, why choose the one that picks the pockets of its retirees?
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Generali, which confirmed its strategic plan targets, said its economic solvency ratio - a measure of financial strength - stood at 207 percent from 194 percent in 2016.
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During times of financial crisis, such as in 2008, governments can also intervene when the solvency of banks and the broader economic system come into question.
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Policymakers could demonstrate a commitment to solvency by pairing the creation of paid parental leave program with reforms to Social Security that strengthen the trust fund.
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PICC Life's business growth continues to be driven by shorter-term saving-type policies, which contributed to a decline in its solvency margin ratio in 2016.
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It's likely that we all will need to save much more for retirement than previously planned if Medicare billing oversight and overall solvency does not improve.
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The insurer, controlled by Bologna-based holding Unipol Group, also said it was targeting a Solvency ratio - a measure of financial strength - of 170-200 percent.
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And I'll say something about the Affordable Care Act, which he wants to repeal: The Affordable Care Act extended the solvency of the Medicare trust fund.
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The re-transfer of the five senior bonds announced in December 2015 addresses the bank's solvency shortfall and this might support renewed efforts to find a buyer.
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Proponents of a higher Medicare age like to justify it by pointing to rising American longevity, saying it is needed to fend off looming solvency for Medicare.
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"We can only do this if we have a well-balanced regulatory system with pragmatic implementation of the Solvency II regime," ABI Director General Huw Evans said.
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With his typical dreamy disposition, Rosen drifts away from practical questions, like financial solvency, and returns to his abstract ideas about what Ironbound represents to New Jersey.
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Generali, 13.5 percent owned by influential investment bank Mediobanca, will have to find a successor to steer it through solvency capital requirements which kicked in this year.
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"The group's key business continues to demonstrate robust operating performance and solvency remains comfortably above the upper end of the group's target range," said Goldman Sachs analysts.
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Santander, which has been lagging behind its main European peers in terms of core solvency ratios, also maintained a fully loaded capital target of above 11 percent.
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Just as during the financial crisis of 2008-09, Britons may have worried about the solvency of their banks and pulled their money out just in case.
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British insurer Legal & General was also among the top fallers on the FTSE 100, dropping 5.5 percent on a weaker solvency ratio despite reporting broadly strong results.
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More than 200 companies that met the prior standard were ruled out as buyers by the stricter financial solvency test announced by the AER late on Monday.
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Frederic Oudea, SocGen's chief executive since 210 is trying to lift the bank's profitability and solvency in the face of negative interest rates and challenging financial markets.
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At end-3Q0003 RSA remained at the upper end of its target Solvency II coverage range of 130%-160% with a coverage of 151% (end-2015: 143%).
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Moreover, mark-to-market is not required for long-term equity investments, which means they do not create solvency volatility - at least not until they are sold.
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Banks that suddenly saw lots of deposits leave for Libras would be vulnerable to a panic over their solvency; they would also have to shrink their lending.
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British insurer Legal & General was also among the top fallers on the FTSE 100, dropping 6.4 percent on a weaker solvency ratio despite reporting broadly strong results.
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The company's statutory capital ratio was about 265% in 26796H27217, higher than the 2852% regulatory minimum, as calculated under China's Risk Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS) framework.
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A breach of prudential solvency requirements with regulatory capital ratio below 22015% would likely have serious implications and could result in the withdrawal of the company's license.
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The insurer expected its 2017 loss ratio to remain between 35 percent and 40 percent, and added that its regulatory solvency ratio would also remain relatively unchanged.
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This change was partly driven by the introduction of solvency II, which has significantly increased the capital requirements for guarantees and made companies reluctant to offer them.
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This is supported by SI Re's "extremely strong" score by Prism Factor Based Model at end-2015 and its Swiss Solvency Test margin of 247% (2014: 272%).
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The TLAC requirement at the bank holding company (BHC) level will enhance the solvency of global systemically important bank (G-SIB) operating subsidiaries during periods of stress.
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On the regulatory side, Groupama reported a 263% Solvency II ratio at end-2015, which included the transitional measure on technical life reserves of Groupama GAN Vie.
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Congress pledged last fall to address the issue, after bailing out SSDI in its budget deal — using temporary measures to extend the program fund's solvency through 2022.
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British insurer Legal & General was also among the top fallers on the FTSE 100, dropping 6 percent on a weaker solvency ratio despite reporting broadly strong results.
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Its solvency capital ratio under new European rules was 135 percent, lower than many of the other major insurers that have reported earnings so far this year.
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The deal is expected to increase L&G's Solvency II ratio, a key measure of its capital strength, by 2 percentage points, it said in a statement.
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According to the German regulator, non-life insurers had an average Solvency II ratio of 2118% at end-2033Q278, which was stable compared with end-7680760 (21549%).
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Emmanuel Macron In order to do that, I suggested that we should change the solvency status of State pension funds — moving from level 2 to level 1.
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Some form of resolution cannot be ruled out at banks where the CBR identifies significant solvency concerns, although bail-in legislation in Russia has been postponed indefinitely.
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At end-2016 RSA remained at the upper end of its target Solvency II coverage range of 130%-160% with a coverage of 158% (end-2015: 143%).
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The low-risk business environment for EIB translates into the maximum possible adjustment of three notches over its solvency assessment, resulting in an intrinsic rating of 'aaa'.
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After the enactment of PROMESA, the job of Congress was to merely step back as the resulting budget process unfolded and to support a transition to solvency.
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Even under a conservative investment strategy, two of the three postal pension funds could earn returns that would bring the postal retiree benefit funds back to solvency.
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The Highway Trust Fund, the Inland Waterway Fund, and the Harbor Maintenance Fund all struggle with significant issues, ranging from solvency to being tapped for other purposes.
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French life insurers' capital positions under Solvency I remain strong but are boosted by unrealised capital gains on fixed income investments, which weakens the quality of capital.
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With the implementation of the new risk based solvency system in 2016, Fitch believes insurers will put greater focus on improving capital efficiency and risk management capability.
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Fitch could consider revising the rating and sector outlooks to negative if net losses from major catastrophe perils severely undermine insurers' solvency adequacy on industry-wide basis.
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Shareholders and regulators still want to see that the banks are in check, and questions of solvency and compliance come up consistently on bank earnings conference calls.
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A commission can create the political space to reach a principled compromise that would ensure Social Security's solvency just as the Greenspan Commission did in 1982-85033.
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The injection, under the so-called contingency capital mechanism, is meant to keep solvency ratios at the country's third-largest bank at adequate levels required by regulators.
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Democratic control of the Senate and House of Representatives would create a historic opportunity for legislative reform to restore Social Security's long-range solvency and expand benefits.
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Although the terms were not disclosed, analysts said L&G appears to have sealed a sweet deal, probably driven by Aegon's desire to improve its solvency ratio.
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European insurers are required to book investments in sovereign holdings, such as Italian BTP state bonds, at market value in order to calculate capital and solvency ratios.
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BUENOS AIRES — Argentina's president announced emergency measures on Monday to stem concerns from investors about the country's solvency as it seeks to tap an international credit line.
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Investors, as well as clients and broker-dealers, had pulled back from the firm, fearing that their continued exposure to plunging real estate assets threatened their solvency.
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Lorenzoni said on Thursday that savings of around 1 trillion reais would be regarded as a victory, showing that Brazil is on the path to financial solvency.
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On energy policy, he plans to spend billions of dollars on a refinery, betting his country's financial solvency in a quest for what he calls energy sovereignty.
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Italian banks are vulnerable because they have invested much of their capital in Italian government bonds, which have lost value as investors begin to doubt Italy's solvency.
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In an ideal world, this policy would be paired with other pro-growth Social Security solvency measures to encourage work, savings, investment, delayed retirement and productive aging.
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"She will extend the program's solvency by nearly two decades by asking just the top 2 percent to contribute more," said Saloni Sharma, a Warren campaign spokeswoman.
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BBVA said it ended December with a core Tier 1 capital ratio, a key measure of solvency, of 11.74% compared with 11.56% at the end of September.
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This is supported by TPUK's 'Extremely Strong' score in Fitch's Prism factor-based model (Prism FBM) and its Solvency II SCR coverage of 0003% at end-2016.
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The insurer said in February that its 4Q15 solvency (including an equity raising) was 156%, but would have been 20% if the UFR was reduced by 21704pp.
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"We are selling capital-heavy UK and European insurance businesses, moving us out of the Solvency 23.7 environment," co-chief executive Keith Skeoch told a media call.
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However, even under the test's pre-stress scenario, 32 insurers failed to meet EU solvency requirements when these transitional arrangements and long-term guarantees were stripped out.
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The company's estimated Group Solvency II surplus at end-June, 2015 was 9.2 billion pounds ($13.11 billion), Prudential said in a statement ahead of an investor day.
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House leaders on Friday announced their members of new joint House–Senate committees on budget and appropriations process reform and the solvency of multi-employer pension plans.
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This bill makes key reforms to SSDI that target the efficiency and long-term solvency of the program, all while not changing the benefits current recipients receive.
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"It will be up to the fiduciaries not only to monitor fees and the annuity itself," he said, "but also to monitor the solvency of the insurer."
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The affirmation and Stable Outlook reflect the following key rating factors: The 'AA+' IDRs are fully driven by the intrinsic credit quality of CEB, notably its high level of solvency (assessed at aa-), its excellent liquidity (assessed at aaa) and a low-risk business environment it operates in, which provides an uplift of two notches to the solvency assessment of 'aa-', resulting in an intrinsic rating of 'aa+'.
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Shares in British insurer Admiral also dropped 7.3 percent, down from recent record highs, after Admiral said its solvency ratio had been hit by June's shock Brexit vote.
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Sampo expects to free up 1.2 billion euros ($1.34 billion) when it cuts its stake in Nordea to 19.9% from 21.3% to help it comply with solvency regulations.
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The EU's insurance watchdog said on Wednesday there was no sufficient reason to change the risk margin rule ahead of a broad review of Solvency II in 2021.
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ING's core tier-one capital ratio, its key measure of solvency, improved to 14.7 percent at the end of March from 14.5 percent at the end of 2018.
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And if a company desperately needs money for solvency reasons, then there is probably a bigger set of issues that investors and public markets will almost surely hate.
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Jim Grant, a long time Valeant bear, told CNBC in March that the company has an "existential threat to solvency," because of its accounting procedures and filing issues.
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Shares of Legal & General rallied after it reported strong solvency figures and said it expects net cash for the first half of 2016 to be up 15 percent.
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The group's core capitalisation remained strong at end-2016 with shareholders' funds of EUR67.3 billion (end-2016: EUR63.1 billion) and Solvency II capitalisation of 218% (end-2015: 103%).
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The company announced a solvency capital ratio of 180 percent under new European rules, adding that the ratio was 196 percent when calculated on a "volatility adjusted basis".
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Lehman, conversely, was a firm that not only had seen confidence evaporate but also had core solvency problems that made a rescue, at the time at least, impossible.
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ASR, meanwhile, had a stronger capital position heading into Solvency II and has itself been an acquirer, buying Generali Nederland for 143 million euros ($171 million) in September.
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An active sell-off by foreign investors of existing holdings of bonds, as Italy saw in recent months, remains unlikely, given that Britain's solvency is not in doubt.
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Market confident in Lehman was wiped out, as began to occur with Deutsche Bank, but Lehman also had big solvency problems, which Deutsche, although heavily indebted, does not.
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The bank said it ended June with a core Tier 1 capital ratio, a key measure of solvency, of 11.52% compared with 11.35% at the end of March.
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In it, we made gains in minimums across the board – as well as contribution increases to our Health Plan that should ensure its solvency for years to come.
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"It will affect their profitability initially and eventually it is going to affect their liquidity and solvency," said Bismarck Rewane, chief executive of Lagos-based consultancy Financial Derivatives.
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This will lead to lower capital ratios, particularly for insurers using Solvency II's (S21387) standard formula because eurozone sovereign debt has a zero risk-weight under the formula.
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Second, there should be a new measure of solvency, or the number of years of benefits that the plans can cover with the current value of their assets.
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If Puerto Rican leaders refuse to implement such measures, the board could sue to enforce them, sparking more litigation over the details of Puerto Rico's path to solvency.
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This is supported by SI Re's "extremely strong" score by Prism Factor Based Model at end-0003 and its Swiss Solvency Test margin of 247% (end-2014: 272%).
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TMHD's financial metrics have remained strong; its consolidated statutory solvency margin ratio (SMR) has improved further to 949% by end-December 2016 from 791% at end-March 2016.
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However, Italian insurers using the Solvency II standard formula could face a significant increase in capital requirements if European authorities remove the zero risk-weighting for sovereign debt.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS EIB's 'AAA' IDRs are fully driven by the bank's intrinsic features, in particular high levels of solvency (assessed at 'aa-') and liquidity (assessed at 'aa').
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A breach of prudential solvency requirements with the regulatory capital ratio below 5003% would likely have serious implications and could result in the withdrawal of the company's license.
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The delays involved 10 billion pesos worth of investment Pemex had lined up for deep water projects, Gonzalez said, adding that the company's problem was liquidity, not solvency.
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It's time we put the Highway Trust Fund on a long-term path to solvency, and raising the existing user fees is the only way to achieve this.
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The concerns this time are mainly centered around their profitability unlike last time when solvency was the issue, said Jerome Legras, head of research at Axiom Alternative Investments.
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But these groups' center-right economic agenda—focused on the solvency of Social Security and Medicaid and lowering the National Debt—has proven enormously unpopular in recent years.
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This will continue to damage life insurers' profitability and solvency as the traditional savings business is less profitable and more capital-intensive than the UL or protection businesses.
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They make it harder for government to resolve long-term solvency problems when the last baby boom retirements leave 77 million on Social Security and Medicare in 2033.
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For those eight years, not only did they never work with us, but they would not even hold a hearing on legislative proposals to improve Social Security's solvency.
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But how it is replaced will determine not only the quality and availability of health care for most Americans but also the fiscal solvency of the federal government.
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For example, the reductions necessary to restore solvency entirely through changes in benefits for new retirees will be 28503% greater in ten years than would be necessary today.
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Calling for the program's solvency isn't selling out seniors; rather, it is ensuring that benefits will be there, not just for them but for their children and grandchildren.
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Separately, Bank of Spain Governor Luis Maria Linde reiterated on Tuesday that the bank's rescue had been due to a lack of liquidity and not a solvency problem.
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Its statutory solvency margin ratio (SMR) on a consolidated basis was 0003% at the end of the financial year to March 2017 (FYE17), compared with 923% at FYE16.
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Further, the retirement program is generally considered less of a threat to fiscal solvency than Medicare since its outlays are not expanding as fast as the health programs.
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"Our dividend policy gives us some flexibility to pay a dividend also with the solvency ratio below the optimal range," Cattolica Chief Financial Officer Enrico Mattioli told analysts.
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The financial system has adequate indicators of solvency, liquidity and risk management, the statement added, but the government and policymakers will keep an eye on possible fiscal implications.
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"Even if all debt maturities are extended, without nominal haircuts to reduce the debt stock - especially the external debt stock - it won't solve the solvency issue," Jiang added.
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"Even if all debt maturities are extended, without nominal haircuts to reduce the debt stock - especially the external debt stock - it wont solve the solvency issue," Jiang added.
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The problem is, many of the maps used to calculate rates are still outdated, making it very difficult for the NFIP to make it back to financial solvency.
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Sure, she's supportive, but all she ever wanted was his solvency, and he's putting the first money he's earned into the paper shredder known as Off Off Broadway.
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Vedanta said the petition for winding up KCM dealt with a "broad range of issues relating to KCM not at all related to the solvency of the business".
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Prudential, one of Britain's biggest insurers and which does little business in continental Europe, told its investor day on Wednesday that Solvency II was not a good fit.
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The ABI said the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority had "erred on the side of caution" in implementing parts of Solvency II and this should be "reassessed".
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A breach of prudential solvency requirements with the regulatory capital ratio below 5003% would likely have serious implications and could result in the withdrawal of the company's licence.
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The ABI said the PRA's proposals were a "step in the right direction" after Solvency II increased reporting requirements by four to eight times compared with previous rules.
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In 2015, its life solvency ratio was 2.2x (2014:2.3x), while its non-life ratio weakened to 1.5x (173:3.1x) due to lower profitability resulting from high competition.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The rating actions follow the announcement on 18 December by the Ukrainian authorities that Privat will be nationalised in order to address its solvency problems.
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Its consolidated regulatory solvency II ratio is also very strong (end-September 2530: 21549%), and in particular, its Fitch Prism FBM score on 20153 data was 'Extremely Strong'.
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AXA had a solvency capital ratio of 205 percent of the minimum requirement under new European rules compared with 212 percent at the end of the third quarter.
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The reinsurer said its Solvency II ratio, a measure of its capital strength under new EU risk capital rules, stood at 221 percent at the end of September.
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For all the reasons above, I am generally pleased about how the Congress and Puerto Rico are working together to put the island on a path towards solvency.
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The group said that the current level of the ratio was appropriate and added the holding company for the group would intervene to increase Postevita's solvency if needed.
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The AL acquisition adds a well-capitalised insurance business to Phoenix's operations and Fitch expects Phoenix's Solvency II surplus to increase by GBP0.4bn due to the AL acquisition.
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The hits to balance sheets would have been worse without the benefit of transitional arrangements in the EU's insurance solvency rules which phase in requirements over 16 years.
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LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - British insurer Prudential Plc said on Tuesday its solvency capital ratio was 190 percent on June 30, 2015 under new European rules for insurers.
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The supportive regulatory regime aims to maintain compensation for services at a level that consistently supports the solvency of not-for-profit provider of an essential public service.
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Another urgent, huge task for Congress is to address the solvency crisis facing multiemployer pension plans, which threatens the security of more than 1 million retired union workers.
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"If the dollar continues to strengthen, companies and countries holding dollar-denominated debt could be hit with solvency issues," said Arjun Jayaraman, a portfolio manager with Causeway Capital Management.
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The group also said its solvency margin at end 2015 is expected to be above the upper end of its target range of 35-45 percent of net premiums.
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Aviva said the price represents 27.1 times Aviva's share of the joint venture's 2016 earnings after tax and will increase its Solvency II capital by around 200 million pounds.
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During his watch, he has simplified and streamlined the group by selling assets worth 4 billion euros, cutting costs and beefing up capital ready for tougher European solvency rules.
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"However, their solvency is not improving, their debt levels have become even more excessive over the last year and their capacity to service their debt remains weak," Peltier said.
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The BoE's Prudential Regulation Authority, which Woods also heads, is consulting on how to ease the burden of the EU's Solvency II rules, which insurers say are overly burdensome.
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No Labels, the bipartisan group Walker co-founded, has compiled a list of 60 initiatives to promote job growth, fiscal responsibility, Social Security and Medicare solvency and energy security.
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Delta Lloyd was forced to issue 650 million euros worth of new shares in March after its solvency fell below levels acceptable to its regulator, the Dutch central bank.
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"We anticipate the internal model to free up additional capital, which could be returned to shareholders in a Solvency II-related special dividend," Barclays analysts said in a note.
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The agency believes the banks are dependent on the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) forbearance to achieve regulatory compliance and require extraordinary external capital support to restore their solvency.
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Delta Lloyd was forced to issue 650 million euros' worth of new shares in March after its solvency fell below levels acceptable to its regulator, the Dutch central bank.
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While operating EPS and underlying operating profits beat consensus, life insurance sales of 603 million pounds and the company's Solvency II ratio of 187 percent both lagged, he said.
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What a commercial or civic exchange requires is normally the ability to verify a fact about you—your age, say, or solvency—rather than to know who you are.
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Nossa's regulatory solvency margin compares favourably with peers, and it has maintained a margin of at least 115% of the minimum requirement for each of the past five years.
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The company's Solvency II ratio was 13 percent at the end of the first quarter, below the level at which the Dutch central bank would allow it pay dividends.
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This level is in line with Fitch's expectations and reflects higher capital charges (than under Solvency I) on underwriting risk for certain lines of business with a long duration.
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The company, which gave no details on solvency capital targets, said it intended to change the business mix of its life operations by shifting to more capital-light products.
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"Negatively, although the Solvency II coverage ratio is above its targeted range, management said these losses could impact the dividend growth decision for the full year," wrote KBW analysts.
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The most basic solvency requirement, as judged by the European Central Bank, is that the bank must meet minimum capital standards, and only suffer losses in an adverse scenario.
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All they require is a format built on bipartisanship and committed to the goal of solvency not only for Social Security and Medicare, but also for the federal government.
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Solvency II ratio at Poste's insurance division, a closely watched measure of financial strength, was 242% at the end of June, up from 214% at the end of March.
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Vivat on Wednesday reported a first-half underlying result of 115 million euros, with a Solvency II ratio of 167 percent and a book value of 3.35 billion euros.
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A source close to L&G said the drop in the solvency ratio to 156 percent equated to a balance sheet hit of some 200 million pounds ($266.5 million).
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The change also negatively impacted the company's Solvency ratio, a measure of balance sheet strength, which fell to 190% from 196% a year earlier, CFO Geraint Jones told Reuters.
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The affirmation of TPRe's IFS rating reflects the company's consistent underwriting profitability from its non-life reinsurance portfolio, ongoing expansion of its life reinsurance business and solid solvency position.
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Skeptics say that concerns about Venezuela's financial solvency will likely limit investor interest, while the U.S. Treasury Department has warned the petro may violate sanctions against the OPEC nation.
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Draghi also sought to reassure the G20 that no new banking crisis was brewing in Europe and that there was no problem with solvency in the European banking sector.
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The new Solvency II rules are expected to change the way European insurers do business and may lead to a string of merger and acquisition activity in the sector.
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The standalone assessment reflects CUPI's improving regulatory solvency buffer, its competitive edge in agricultural insurance, the use of reinsurance to mitigate underwriting volatility and its record of operating profitability.
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L&G said the deal was likely to generate a small increase in the company's Solvency II coverage ratio at the outset, increasing to around two percent on completion.
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"A solvency condition is important because lenders shouldn't be obligated to lend if a company at day one knows it won't be able to repay its loan," she said.
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Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles, a former central bank governor, said a raft of reforms to be sent to Congress within two weeks was aimed at securing the government's solvency.
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Its equity/assets ratio was among the highest in China, at 11.8% at end-1H16, and the regulatory comprehensive solvency ratio was 329.1%, well above the 100% regulatory minimum.
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Delta Lloyd, which is targeting a solvency ratio of 140-180 percent, expects to further improve the ratio with the sale of broker Van Lanschot, expected before the summer.
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This program would provide highly secured loans to eligible plans, enabling them to use investment returns to earn their way to solvency while assuring full repayment of the loan.
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The report includes more than 28503 pages of analysis and charts asserting that the law has added jobs, reduced premiums, improved hospital care and extended the solvency of Medicare.
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The bank has no solvency or liquidity problems and it says it currently has no plans for a capital increase and that it is meeting all its regulatory requirements.
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A second layer would be monitored by the BoE's Prudential Regulation Authority, which Woods heads, and looks at whether the solvency of the firm being hacked remained robust enough.
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That should have been cause for concern, given that almost all the SRB's routine planning for a resolution of Popular had revolved around potential solvency issues - not liquidity problems.
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According to China's regulatory regime, insurance firms are required to maintain solvency ratios above 100 percent, or be subject to penalties on the scope of their business and financing activities.
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At the end of March, Bankia's core Tier-1 fully loaded capital ratio, the strictest measure of solvency, was 12.61 percent compared to 12.39 percent at the end of December.
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Since the start of 2016, European insurers have been subject to harmonized regulation, known as Solvency II. The aim is to ease the risk of insolvency with requirements for capital.
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"The failure of any large non-banking financial company (NBFC) or housing finance company (HFC) may deliver a solvency shock to lenders," S&P economists wrote in a research report.
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Potential additional provisioning needs on KKB's assets could represent a further drag on HB's solvency, although this would still be supported by HB's strong internal capital generation, in Fitch's view.
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In Fitch's view, the planned large asset sale to the PLF represents a de-facto recognition by the Kazakh authorities of the scale of KKB's asset-quality and solvency problems.
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He said the next adoption of regulatory changes was scheduled for the first quarter of 13 with an estimated impact on the solvency ratio of less than 2 percentage points.
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Most large emerging economies must worry that large-scale borrowing could put market confidence in their solvency at risk, as Brazil has found for much of the past few years.
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Bolsonaro's Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni said on Thursday savings of around 1 trillion reais would be a "huge victory," showing that Brazil is on the path to financial solvency.
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"Any possible charges against the bank of serious wrongdoings has the potential to result in material financial and reputational costs for FHB and to further weaken its solvency," Moody's said.
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"Valuation is clearly at a deep discount ... the transaction will only have a modest impact on the group solvency ratio ... while removing 37.1 billion euros of traditional reserves," it said.
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Still, many believe that solvency isn't as high as it should be, and some European banks, in particular, still suffer from legacy issues like non-performing loans and misconduct fines.
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"You have knowingly allowed DROP funds to be withdrawn at record levels, cognizant that doing so is irreparably harming the Pension System's solvency and liquidity," Rawlings said in the letter.
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U.K. insurers' shares have been buffeted since the Brexit vote, as investors worry that the weakening value of insurers' investments will hit their capital positions under new European solvency rules.
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"In 2015, we delivered both value and risk reduction from successful disposals, Solvency II approval and a positive UK pension agreement," chief executive Stephen Hester said in a trading statement.
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"Solvency is still solid despite low interest rates," Bankhaus Lampe analyst Andreas Schaefer wrote in a research note, sticking to its "buy" rating and a price target of 18.5 euros.
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The BoE's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which Woods also heads, is consulting on how to ease the burden of the EU's Solvency II rules, which insurers say are overly burdensome.
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At 30 years their probability of solvency has dropped to 30 percent, and at 35 years they're likely relying on their reduced Social Security benefit for all of their income.
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RBI said it was on target to reach a Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) solvency capital ratio of 12 percent of risk-adjusted assets by the end of 2017.
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"These effects could include tilting the market in favor of entities with weaker benefits or solvency standards and weakening the protections for consumers with pre-existing health conditions," Uccello said.
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Institutional Framework (Neutral/Stable) The solvency of French subnationals is underpinned by the quality of their financial and administrative framework, which makes debt servicing one of their highest spending priorities.
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I would say there is no real indication that economic policy under Macron will change drastically, first because of the euro and eurozone restrictions, and the attendant government solvency risks.
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NN Group's total capital adequacy measure under Europe's new Solvency II rules came in at 199 percent at the end of December, from 204 percent at the end of September.
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The Dutch division's solvency is currently below the target range, Aegon said, which meant it had not distributed cash to the holding company in the first half of the year.
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Lawmakers in both parties are eager to work on an infrastructure plan and address pressing issues like the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, which provides financing to build roads.
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Fitch expects the favorable internal capital generation to continue playing a key role in the insurer's good solvency and balance sheet robustness, and to leverage the insurer's future growth plans.
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Conversely, these two banks could be downgraded in case of weakening of their asset quality and capitalisation if this is not promptly offset by new solvency support from the sovereign.
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The insurer, which is almost 80% owned by Bologna-based holding Unipol Group, also said it was targeting a Solvency II ratio - a measure of financial strength - of 13-200%.
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More aggressively than most, he has refused to accept the major entitlement programs in their current forms, insisting on spending curbs rather than tax increases as the path to solvency.
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The group said setbacks included unexpected longevity in its life insurance business, changes in regulation by the Dutch National Bank (DNB) that impacted its solvency, and weakness in its markets.
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The reinsurers rejected suggestions by some industry participants that Britain should make major changes to EU Solvency II capital rules after Brexit, due to stringent capital costs and red tape.
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The expected development in the solvency margin indicates there will be a gradual increase in the dividend distribution rate * The economic capital calculation for 2016 is reported in the quarter.
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Mattioli said the company's solvency ratio, a key measure of its financial strength, was below 13%-180% in the last few days, a range considered by the insurer as optimal.
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Bolsonaro's Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni said on Thursday savings of around 1 trillion reais would be a "huge victory", showing that Brazil is on the path to financial solvency.
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A spate of initial public offerings, and a series of crises, have given our essayist, John Schwartz, another brilliant idea on his long trek toward wealth or, at least, solvency.
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A similar solvency condition can exist for companies seeking to draw down on their revolving lines of credit, according to Jessica Reiss, head of leveraged loan research at Covenant Review.
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"Solvency II has been part of the UK regulatory landscape and on UK insurers' radars for almost a decade," Hugh Savill, the ABI's director of regulation, said in a statement.
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Institutional Framework (Neutral) The solvency of French sub-nationals is underpinned by the quality of their financial and administrative framework, which makes debt servicing one of their top spending priorities.
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The administration's framework does not include a fix to address the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, which receives revenue from the federal gas tax to pay for road projects.
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While such efforts are valuable and much needed, to establish long term solvency of the HTF, we must change the dynamic to ensure that infrastructure users pay for that use.
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The company's statutory capital ratio at end-1Q16 calculated under the China's Risk Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS) framework stood at 219%, which was higher than the 100% regulatory minimum.
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The new cash allowed the lender to slightly increase its solvency ratio to 12.8 percent from 12 percent a year ago as it continued to clean up its balance sheet.
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Larson has also proposed another bill, the Social Security 2100 Act, that would be a sweeping overhaul of the program in order to restore its solvency to the year 2100.
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If the effects of transitionals are stripped out, the median solvency capital requirement (SCR) was 180%, but 13 out of 84 reporting companies would not have reached the minimum SCR.
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Although shares of other major European banks have bounced back this year, SocGen's are down by more than three percent so far in 2019 amid concerns over solvency and profitability.
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That trend continued, as it reported solvency improved to 201 percent in the fourth quarter, up from 195 percent in the third quarter, due to asset disposals and underlying profitability.
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"The availability of funds will shrink and interest rates will rise due to growing concerns related to solvency," said Matias Carugati, an economist with Buenos Aires-based consultancy Management & Fit.
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It also proposes a strategy to stabilize the multiemployer pension system and the long-term solvency of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, a federally chartered entity that supports insolvent pensions.
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Shareholders opposed to the rights issue say the company's situation is not dire, and it has other options to boost its solvency, including by selling operations or by reducing dividends.
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The insurer projects 15% growth in net written premiums in 2016 and will continue to write and reinsure large single contracts, which might add volatility to the monthly-calculated solvency margin.
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UK insurers' shares have been buffeted since the vote last month, on concern that weakness in the value of their investments will hit their capital ratios under new European solvency rules.
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Both banks are supervised by the National Bank of Hungary and are subject to compliance, although with certain exemptions, with the prudential requirements for solvency, risk management, liquidity and disclosure rules.
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Despite the negative result, CMP's capital base remained strong at end-2015, thanks to the EUR42m capital increase by the City of Paris, with a Basel III solvency ratio of 18.6%.
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The company said its Solvency II coverage ratio - a measure of balance sheet strength - was at 171%, down from 188% last year, impacted by discounting balance sheet at lower interest rates.
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The lender was on track to reach its target Common Equity Tier 1 capital solvency ratio of at least 12.5 percent of risk-adjusted assets, although "discipline" remained essential, it said.
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Institutional Framework (Neutral/Stable) The solvency of French sub-nationals is underpinned by the quality of their financial and administrative framework, which makes debt servicing one of their highest spending priorities.
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As part of the latest test, the regulator has said it would examine so-called conduct risk, or the potential impact of misconduct by a bank employee on the institution's solvency.
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"This is now expected to be 100-150 million pounds because the Solvency II ratio has proven volatile in the wake of UK Leave vote," UBS analysts wrote in a note.
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Nossa's regulatory solvency margin of 195% compares favourably with peers', and the insurer has maintained coverage of at least 120% of the minimum requirement for each of the past six years.
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Economists have pointed out that solvency and liquidity positions have significantly increased, resolution regimes are in place, and the chief risk officers have a key role in the management of banks.
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The caucus called it "deeply flawed" and said Congress should work to "hammer out a budget agreement that responsibly cuts spending and sets the country on a track to fiscal solvency."
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Regulatory capital coverage is strong, with a ratio of 202% at end-2016, including unrealised capital gains (calculated according to EU Solvency I-type regulatory standards in Morocco; end-2015: 174%).
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The most popular explanation is that the day's sales are so high, it can singlehandedly push a retailer from being "in the red," or losing money, into "the black," or solvency.
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In the report, the bank also warned that continuing low interest rates pose a challenge to stability, as they undermine banks' profitability and hurt solvency at pension funds and insurance companies.
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Faced with tougher European capital and solvency rules after the financial crisis, many insurers have looked to simplify their operations by breaking up, among them Standard Life Aberdeen and Old Mutual.
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Abanca, based in the northwestern region of Galicia, said in a statement that the deal would have a positive impact on its solvency levels since it had already provisioned the loans.
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It is then that these bankers will realize that the record amount of debt they sponsored requires a record low level of debt service payments to keep the solvency illusion afloat.
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Any significant weakening of SIRe's credit profile - as, for example, reflected in a Swiss Solvency Test result below 121% - could also lead to a downgrade, although Fitch views this as unlikely.
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"Despite these challenges, the insurance sector remains well capitalised", EIOPA said, noting that the median solvency rate, which measures a company's health in times of stress, is greater than 200 percent.
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Fitch expects Adriatic Slovenica's Solvency II SCR ratio and KD Group's Prism FBM score to improve in 2016, benefiting from the subordinated notes issued in May 2016 and additional reinsurance cover.
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LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Britain's exit from the European Union creates an opportunity to rethink the bloc's burdensome solvency rules for insurers to better serve consumers, British lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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America's aging population and improved health care mean there are now more retirees than ever, drawing their pensions for more years than expected, and creating potential solvency problems for fund trustees.
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Discretionary spending alone has doubled since the 1960s, to say nothing of the massive growth in the nation's entitlement programs that continually threatens their own solvency within just a few years.
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"Rothesay Life has delivered a record year for organic new business growth and profits against a backdrop of Solvency II uncertainty in 2015 for the industry," Chief Executive Addy Loudiadis said.
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"If the company can be returned to solvency and continue as a going concern, the administration will end and the company will revert to the control of its directors," it added.
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The tax on financial transactions would be used to guarantee the solvency of Brazil's social security program while its unsustainable pension system gets overhauled, the newspaper said of the Guedes plan.
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The budget; the deficit that is eating away our children's and grandchildren's future; social issues of consequence; trade; our national defense structure; tax reform; social security solvency — the list is extensive.
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In recent surveys, cities have identified infrastructure funding as their most challenging issue going forward, and they are running out of options that don't break their budgets and destroy their solvency.
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The company's capital buffer, as measured by the capital score computed by Fitch's Prism Factor-Based Capital Model (Prism FBM), and net premium leverage remains small, despite the improved solvency adequacy.
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The bankruptcy of the firm, Carillion, one of the government's biggest contractors, threatens more than 19,000 jobs in Britain as well as the solvency of hundreds of subcontractors and smaller businesses.
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Lenders have also been looking at solvency representation language in agreements to see if current market conditions may have deteriorated a company's financial health permitting banks to step away from commitments.
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Restoring Social Security to long-term solvency and shoring up Medicare by increasing competition in health insurance markets and reducing medical costs are also a part of this long-term solution.
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In the report, the bank also warned that continuing low interest rates pose a challenge to stability, as they undermine banks' profitability and hurt solvency at pension funds and insurance companies.
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The insurance sector is split over EU access, with life insurers wanting to diverge from Solvency II rules, while the London insurance market sees access to the bloc as the priority.
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Where that holdover money would come from isn't addressed in the plan, although in the past Congress has transferred funds from the general treasury to the fund to maintain its solvency.
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Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont introduced legislation in February to tax workers earning above $250,000 a year, in order to extend the solvency of the program by more than 50 years.
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Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont introduced legislation in February to tax workers earning above $250,000 a year, in order to extend the solvency of the program by more than 50 years.
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From 2001 to 2008, he repeatedly voted against privatizing Social Security and for improving the trust fund's solvency, according to the Alliance for Retired Americans, an affiliate of the A.F.L.-C.
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The subordinated loan notes include a mandatory deferral feature that would be triggered if the company were unable to meet applicable regulatory solvency requirements, as well as an optional deferral feature.
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IL group's PrismFBM score remained 'strong' and the group reported a regulatory Solvency II coverage ratio of 376% at end-2016 (including benefits from transitionals on technical provisions; 13% without these).
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Old Mutual also reported a solvency capital ratio under new European rules of 135 percent, lower than many of the other major insurers that have reported earnings so far this year.
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The relationship will not be exactly linear, so the proposed 244bp reduction in the UFR might reduce the solvency ratio by less than half of the impact of a 220pp cut.
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Esure said its solvency capital ratio, under the new European capital rules for insurers that came in January 2016, would be in the region of 130-150 percent after the demerger.
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Huatai P&C's statutory capital ratio at end-1Q16 computed under the China's Risk Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS) framework amounted to 409%, which was well above the 100% regulatory minimum.
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The United States, perhaps the main guarantor of world solvency, is some $20 trillion in debt, constantly on the verge of default and headed by a serial bankruptee who prizes unpredictability.
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"A prolonged period of oil price volatility and low oil prices will be credit negative for the solvency and liquidity of banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council states," Moody's said.
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But what matters for government solvency isn't the absolute level of debt but its level relative to the tax base, which in turn basically corresponds to the size of the economy.
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Overall, the Romanian banking sector could withstand unfavourable developments, with a solvency ratio of 18.8 percent and non-performing loans down to 10 percent by the end of September, the bank said.
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Aviva issued a statement shortly after the Brexit vote saying its solvency ratio remained close to the top of its working range of 20.7728-180 percent, though volatility has increased since then.
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James Rucker, who founded Color of Change and for years personally ensured its solvency, couldn't, like many black people, get an Airbnb reservation in New York for his own organization's board meeting.
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Deutsche is not about to fail: it can survive a harsh funding squeeze, its solvency is not in doubt and if push came to shove, the German government would surely support it.
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The insurer, born from the merger of Unipol and rival Fondiaria-SAI, said its solvency I margin, a measure of financial strength, stood at 177 percent from 165 percent a year earlier.
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According to China's regulatory regime, insurance firms are required to maintain solvency ratios above 100 percent, or be subject to penalties on the scope of their business and financing activities, Caixin said.
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Generali's solvency ratio, a key measure of financial strength, stood at 207% at the end of March, down from 217% three months earlier, largely due to expected regulatory changes, the company said.
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"The banks are much better-capitalised than before and that's very important because it means in the short term that the question of NPLs is not a question of solvency," Constancio said.
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Such a move could also raise questions over the new European Solvency II capital rules for insurers, which were nearly two decades in the making and came into force in Jan 2016.
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Christie has been the "biggest obstacle to restoring solvency to the transportation trust fund," said Janna Chernetz, the director of New Jersey policy for the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy group.
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Low growth and the resulting need to achieve scale efficiencies have been a theme for some time, but significant Solvency II capital diversification benefits further improve the business case for insurance acquisitions.
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Delta Lloyd reported solvency - seen as an indicator of ability to pay dividends - of 156 percent at the end of the third quarter, down from 173 percent at the end of June.
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Meanwhile, insurance investors prefer to buy or originate whole loan portfolios for themselves, where previously they may have invested in securitisation paper that now requires disadvantageous capital holdings under Solvency II rules.
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Its solvency ratio at end-June, a key measure of financial strength, fell to 209% from 217% at end-December, mainly due to the impact of regulatory changes in the first quarter.
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In Britain the dual pressures of a tough investment environment and Solvency 2 have caused the life-insurance industry to split into two camps, says Arjan van Veen of UBS, a bank.
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In addition, unreserved NPLs and foreclosed assets represented over 2x the fully loaded CET1 at end-June 2016, indicating that the bank's solvency is highly at risk from additional asset quality shocks.
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Any significant weakening of SI Re's credit profile, for example, as reflected in a Swiss Solvency Test result below 2530%, could also lead to a downgrade, although Fitch views this as unlikely.
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The fact that the ACA actually has reduced the deficit, although estimates vary by how much, and extended Medicare solvency by many years may mean that wholesale changes would not be good.
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In addition to expanding benefits for all Social Security beneficiaries, especially those who worked in low wage and middle income jobs, the bill ensures the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund.
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Delta Lloyd has hired Goldman Sachs to sell its 30.5 percent stake in Van Lanschot bank, which would raise an additional 200 million euros and adding another 8 percentage points to solvency.
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If the president and the Republican Congress can accomplish effective tax reform, they will have done a great service to the nation, safeguarding our future solvency and boosting opportunities for economic growth.
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"The banks are much better-capitalised than before and that's very important because it means in the short term that the question of NPLs is not a question of solvency," he said.
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Any significant weakening of SI Re's credit profile, for example, as reflected in a Swiss Solvency Test result below 200%, could also lead to a downgrade, although Fitch views this as unlikely.
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"In summary, a resilient trading statement, a robust balance and solvency position and a materially undervalued stock," said Shore Capital analyst Eamonn Flanagan, who has a "buy" recommendation on L&G stock.
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Its statutory solvency margin ratio (SMR) on a consolidated basis remained high at 984% at end-March 2016 compared with 1,068% a year earlier, despite its acquisition of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.
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The aftereffects of María, not only on the general population but also on the solvency of its public institutions, has made clear to all observers that Puerto Rico's current situation is unsustainable.
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These provisions of the bill include a major effort to shift the liabilities for the unfunded retiree health benefits to the Medicare program, which is already struggling with its own solvency issues.
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" The Office of Management and Budget has stated the solvency, or run out date, of the trust fund "is not a meaningful measure of the government's ability to meet its future obligations.
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In fact, thanks to the changes made by the ACA, the solvency of the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund was extended by more than a decade, while seniors' benefits were strengthened, not cut.
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The listing would enable ReAssure to operate under the European Union's Solvency II regime, which had less onerous capital requirements than Switzerland's regime, ReAssure Chief Financial Officer Ian Patrick told the call.
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With layoffs already hitting restaurants, bars and hotels, and with industries such as airlines worried about solvency, lawmakers are trying to swiftly throw together a massive package to blunt the economic damage.
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Eight years ago, amid budget overruns that threatened the solvency of NASA's other projects and earned Webb the sobriquet "the telescope that ate astronomy" from Nature magazine, Congress almost canceled the program.
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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a state securities regulators group, said on Wednesday it would oppose proposals to require that insurers retroactively pay the losses, citing "substantial solvency risks" for insurers.
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"Risks are now greater from consumer responses to the virus and lower oil impacting solvency, business investment, energy employment, and financial conditions via credit markets," Michael Wilson, an economist, told Markets Insider.
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LONDON, Feb 1 (IFR) - Securitisation advocates are turning their lobbying efforts to the European Union's Solvency II directive, as they attempt to unlock an insurance investor base that could transform the market.
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"Despite the exceptional situation due to the concentration of natural catastrophes, the financial capacity and solvency of the Mapfre group has been proven to respond to our policyholders," CFO Fernando Mata said.
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If the problem is not solved before the 2035 depletion date gets near, experts note that odds will favor restoring solvency to the trust funds with new revenue — rather than benefit cuts.
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Looking ahead with a renewed sense of optimism means we must continue to encourage, and when necessary, implore Congress to act swiftly to ensure Medicare's solvency, efficiency and service to every beneficiary.
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MEXICO CITY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Mexican banks have maintained adequate solvency and liquidity, with limited levels of risk, Mexican Central Bank Governor Alejandro Diaz de Leon said at an event on Wednesday.
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"Our view is that this is so important that we would like first of all to be able to have robust data on how Solvency II is working in practice," Berger said.
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Any changes to solvency ratios from a change to the UFR will not directly affect ratings, as we will continue to assess insurers' capital primarily using our Prism Factor-Based Capital Model.
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Overall, Warren's plan would extend the solvency of the Social Security trust fund to 103, or nearly 20 more years, according to an analysis by Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.
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The U.S. Treasury avers that it is impossible for the island to get back to solvency unless every last dime of its debt is on the table, precedents and consequences be damned.
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AXA had a solvency II capital ratio of 205 percent of the minimum requirement under European rules that came in this year compared with 212 percent at the end of the third quarter.
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A new UK solvency regime could require these subsidiaries to also comply with UK rules, but this would only make a significant difference if the UK rules increased capital requirements in some areas.
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Over the last decade, policymakers worldwide have been forced to come up with new ways to handle solvency and liquidity issues in the financial sector in the wake of the global financial crisis.
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In response to Solvency II, Aegon has been shifting its business away from annuities and defined-benefit pensions, which require it to hold more capital, and toward defined-contribution and pension management activities.
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Direct Line reported a solvency capital ratio of 13 percent under the standard model and said it had applied for its own "internal model" which it hoped to start using by mid-year.
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"We expect to have a framework that protects taxpayers and restores solvency to the island," said Parish Braden, spokesman for the Natural Resources Committee that is writing legislation in the House of Representatives.
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Admiral Group posted a 4 percent rise in first-half pretax profit, just shy of estimates, and said market volatility around Britain's vote to leave the European Union impacted the insurer's solvency ratio.
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Negative rates reduce investment returns in nominal terms, a problem which ultimately could threaten the solvency of pension funds and others who must generate a certain amount of money by a certain date.
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"But he promises to be a source of disruption and discomfort to the privileged, back-scratching political elites for whom the nation's strength and solvency have become subservient to power's pursuit and preservation."
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The regulatory solvency ratio - a sign of financial strength - grew 9 percentage points from the previous year to 216 percent, while the combined ratio - a key performance benchmark - was steady at 93 percent.
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Thousand-page bills, crafted behind closed doors and dropped on members at the last minute, so that any objection or request to amend is seen as a threat to the solvency of government?
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And while central banks could "print as much money as they want" in the hope of stimulating growth, that would not reduce the risks to solvency brought about by credit risk, Kiener added.
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The PRA said on Wednesday it could not comply with a request from the TSC to ease the risk margin rule in Solvency II, blamed for sending business overseas to avoid capital charges.
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"Solvency stress tests reveal that 22 banks, representing 32 percent of banking assets, would become undercapitalised in the tail risk scenario," the IMF said in its latest financial system stability assessment of Tanzania.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The net proceeds of the issue of the notes will be used to provide the issuer with additional solvency capital to meet regulatory capital requirements and for general corporate purposes.
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According to the terms and conditions, the notes are expected to qualify for Tier 21250 capital recognition under Solvency II. The notes receive 244% equity credit in Fitch's Prism factor-based capital model.
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When compared with similarly rated countries across emerging markets such as Ukraine and Ghana, Iraq has the advantage of not having any immediate solvency concerns, and sizable commitments of donors for reconstruction purposes.
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Unipol said on Friday it had approved a reorganisation of its insurance and banking businesses that will knock around 17 percentage points off the Solvency II ratio of its main insurance unit UnipolSai.
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This red letter day takes on added significance because of the need to address the long-term solvency of Social Security and a political climate where seniors' earned benefits are under constant threat.
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Sompo Japan Nipponkoa had a 26% share of the domestic non-life insurance market by net premiums written in the financial year ended March 2017 (FYE17), and Fitch assesses its solvency as strong.
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NN Group's total capital adequacy measure under Europe's new Solvency II rules came in at 196 percent at the end of June, from a pro-forma 180 percent at the end of March.
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Delta Lloyd shares have lost more than 60 percent of their value over the past two years, most of it in the summer of 2015, as its low Solvency II deficiency became clear.
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The CIRC plans to cut the 15 percent overseas investment threshold to low single-digits for firms that have weaker solvency ratios and face asset and liability mismatches, two of the people said.
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The European Union's "Solvency II" rules allow insurers to apply similar capital charges for hard-currency securities with comparable ratings and maturities, regardless of whether the issuers are in developed or emerging markets.
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Credit Mutuel, with a French retail market share of more than 15 percent, has a central body that is responsible for the solvency and liquidity of all regional entities, including that of Arkea.
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The high-risk business environment in which this multilateral development bank (MDB) operates leads to a two-notch lower rating from the solvency assessment of 'aa-', resulting in an intrinsic rating of 'a'.
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M&G's Solvency II ratio, a key measure of its capital strength, dropped to 166% at March 6, compared to 176% at end-Dec, though Bousfield said the firm's balance sheet was resilient.
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If investors lose faith in Italy's solvency, Mr. Fuest said in an email, it could resort to a European fund that was created during the last crisis to help countries in financial distress.
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"With this decision ... the production and commercialization of Venezuelan diamonds will be devoted to the high standards of quality, solvency and security in world diamond activity," said a statement from the Mining Ministry.
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Firms' capital calculations can also benefit from diversification under S2, meaning the combined solvency position following an acquisition could be significantly higher than a simple weighted average of the two firms' S2 ratios.
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"If the group sees the level of provisions is not perceived as high enough by investors, we will move to reassure the market on the solvency ratio," Poste CEO Matteo Del Fante said.
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The bottom line is that with a couple of tax changes, we could return Social Security to long-term solvency, and they are moves that most Americans would likely be on board with.
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" The letter added that eliminating reimbursements to insurers for subsidies that lower customers' out-of-pocket health expenses "could result in insurer losses and solvency challengers, leading insurers to consider withdrawing from the market.
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Under European Union Solvency II capital rules introduced last year, insurers need to set aside capital for underwriting, investment and operational risk, with a ratio of 100 percent regarded as the minimum capital requirement.
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To pay for these benefits and extend the solvency of the program, Warren would impose a slightly higher payroll tax rate on earnings over $250,000 and tax investment income received by high-income taxpayers.
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For RT21387s, these features include mandatory coupon cancellation if the solvency capital requirement is breached, and forced conversion into equity or write-down of the instrument if capital levels remain low or fall further.
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Dutch regulators have generally welcomed consolidation on the domestic insurance market after several life insurers were found to be weakly capitalised in the run-up to the introduction of Europe's new Solvency II regime.
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The whole fiasco deeply scarred the fandom sector that would be Wakandacon's main audience, leaving many doubtful of the abilities and financial solvency of new convention organizers promising a safe space for marginalized fans.
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Caixabank was under pressure to sell its 9.4 percent stake in Repsol as it is trying to comply with tougher solvency requirements and regulators are demanding banks to focus on their core banking business.
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"We see the risk that potential further regulatory uncertainty ... could backfire on the banking system's stability, potentially triggering unwanted repercussions on the funding and solvency fronts," said analysts at Mediobanca Securities in a note.
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The group's regulatory Solvency II ratio fell to 116% in 13M16 (excluding transitional measures), driven by lower interest rates, but should improve by 22% since the closing of Switch VI, according to Ethias' estimates.
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The two objectives — ensuring the solvency of Social Security and increasing benefits — are "not at all inconsistent" if they are discussed in the context of "a broader conversation" about taxes and benefits, he said.
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