Balancing risk, return and capital requirements

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Balancing risk, return and capital requirements

Monica Woodley

Editorial director, EMEA

Monica is editorial director for The Economist Intelligence Unit's thought leadership division in EMEA. As such, she manages a team of editors across the region who produce bespoke research programmes for a range of clients. In her five years with the Economist Group, she personally has managed research programmes for companies such as Barclays, BlackRock, State Street, BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, EY, Deloitte and PwC, on topics ranging from the impact of financial regulation, to the development of innovation ecosystems, to how consumer demand is driving retail innovation.

Monica regularly chairs and presents at Economist conferences, such as Bellwether Europe, the Insurance Summit and the Future of Banking, as well as third-party events such as the Globes Israel Business Conference, the UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights and the Geneva Association General Assembly. Prior to joining The Economist Group, Monica was a financial journalist specialising in wealth and asset management at the Financial Times, Euromoney and Incisive Media. She has a master’s degree in politics from Georgetown University and holds the Certificate of Financial Planning.

Research Methodology

In October and November 2011, the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by BlackRock, surveyed 223 insurers with operations in Europe to find out how they were handling the data management requirements of Solvency II, the impact of capital charges on investment strategies and product ranges, and their views on the future for capital markets in a post-Solvency II world.

Respondents comprised of 75 life, 65 non-life, and 57 composite insurers, while 26 were reinsurance companies. Responses were collated from insurers with headquarters in all major EU countries.

Businesses were grouped by assets under management (AUM) covering 106 very large insurers with more than €25bn; 23 large insurers with €10bn-€25bn; 68 with €1bn-€10bn; and 26 with AUM of less than €1bn.

In addition, in-depth interviews were conducted with eight experts from insurance companies, regulators and trade bodies.

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