avantage Capita Business Breakfast on Solvency II
On 22 May 2009, avantage Capita conducted a business breakfast event at the Institute of Directors discussing practical issues in implementing Solvency II.
The event comprised three presentations:
- The first was given by Karel Van Hulle, Head of Unit, Insurance and Pensions, European Commission - DG MARKT. Karel provided an insightful evaluation of the latest regulatory developments (download a copy of Karel's presentation here);
- This was followed by a brief outline by Paul Appleton, Senior Manager, Accounting Policy Market Finance Department, Lloyd’s, of the implementation of Solvency II at Lloyds with particular focus on the agent level impact (download a copy of Paul's presentation here);
- The third presentation was given by Barry Smith, Managing Consultant, avantage Capita Limited and focused on the impact of Solvency II on insurance industry risk and capital practices (download a copy of Barry's presentation here).
The event concluded with a question and answer session involving the three speakers, facilitated by Frederic Gielen, Director, avantage Capita.
You may also be interested in reading our interview with Karel Van Hulle (download a copy of the interview here).

