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Market Consistent ALM for Life Insurers—Steps toward Solvency II

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  • David van Bragt

    (Insurance Risk Management, Ortec Finance, Max Euwelaan 78, Rotterdam 3062 MA, the Netherlands)

  • Hens Steehouwer

    (Ortec Finance Research Center, Ortec Finance, Max Euwelaan 78, Rotterdam 3062 MA, the Netherlands)

  • Bart Waalwijk

    (Insurance Risk Management, Ortec Finance, Max Euwelaan 78, Rotterdam 3062 MA, the Netherlands)

Abstract

We investigate the impact of the upcoming Solvency II guidelines on the risk/return trade-off for life insurance companies. Using the Dutch (FTK) regulatory framework (Financieel ToetsingsKader or Financial Assessment Framework) as an example, we demonstrate the huge impact of the elements of Solvency II (balance sheet approach, market valuation, etc.) on capital requirements. Much attention is also paid to the impact of the investment policy on the required capital. It is shown that by reducing the short-term risk (as measured by the required capital) the long-term expected returns may also decrease. Insurers should therefore (still) perform additional multi-period calculations for different stochastic scenarios in order to truly optimize their risk/return trade-off.

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  • David van Bragt & Hens Steehouwer & Bart Waalwijk, 2010. "Market Consistent ALM for Life Insurers—Steps toward Solvency II," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 35(1), pages 92-109, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gpprii:v:35:y:2010:i:1:p:92-109
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    1. Roy Kouwenberg, 2018. "Strategic asset allocation for insurers under Solvency II," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 19(7), pages 447-459, December.
    2. Mezőfi, Balázs & Niedermayer, Andras & Niedermayer, Daniel & Süli, Balázs Márton, 2017. "Solvency II reporting: How to interpret funds’ aggregate solvency capital requirement figures," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 164-171.
    3. Michael Heinrich & Thomas Schreck, 2017. "Effects of Solvency II on Portfolio Efficiency, The Case of Real Estate and Infrastructure Investments," LARES lares_2017_paper_8, Latin American Real Estate Society (LARES).
    4. Singor, Stefan N. & Grzelak, Lech A. & van Bragt, David D.B. & Oosterlee, Cornelis W., 2013. "Pricing inflation products with stochastic volatility and stochastic interest rates," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(2), pages 286-299.
    5. Fabrice Borel-Mathurin & Nicole El Karoui & Stéphane Loisel & Julien Vedani, 2020. "Locality in time of the European insurance regulation "risk-neutral" valuation framework, a pre-and post-Covid analysis and further developments," Working Papers hal-02905181, HAL.

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