Providing a guide to the evolution, practice, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II, Executive’s Guide to Solvency II deftly covers this major European regulation which ensures that insurers can meet their risk-based liabilities over a one-year period to a 99.5 per cent certainty. Part of the Wiley and SAS Business series, this book will guide you through Solvency II, especially if you need to understand the subtleties of Solvency II and risk-based capital in basic business language. Among the topic covered in this essential book are: Background to Solvency II; Modeling 101 for Solvency II; Regulatory versus Economic Capital; Alternative Risk Transfer Methods; Learning from the Basel Approach; and, Benefits of Effective Risk Management. Addressing any pitfalls that may arise, Executive’s Guide to Solvency II will help you implement Solvency II as a best practice risk management framework and a future regulatory compliance requirement.