F02: The Solvency II switchover - the challenges with transition

Document description

We consider some of the implications for firms in managing the transition from current Solvency I regime to Solvency II regime. These potentially include:

• company capital structures and capital instruments
• company restructures for capital efficiency
• mergers and “capital arbitrage”
• product pricing
• market expectations on financial strength
• WP management
• asset strategy
• transitional arrangements.