“The Solvency Capital Requirement, or SCR, is designed to protect policyholders by helping to make sure that insurers can survive difficult periods and pay claims as they fall due.”

In this episode of "The Standard Formula" podcast, Rob Chaplin, host and head of Skadden’s Europe Financial Institutions Group, is joined by colleague Will Adams as they take an in-depth look at the Solvency Capital Requirement, one of Solvency II’s most important and complex provisions. The discussion covers the SCR’s key features, risk modules, how it’s calculated and its relationship with the Minimum Capital Requirement (MCR). They also discuss the standard formula (for an in-depth discussion of technical provisions, listen to the previous episode).

Name: Robert Chaplin

Title: Partner, Insurance at Skadden

Specialty: Rob is the head of Skadden’s Financial Institutions Group in Europe. He primarily focuses on transactional and advisory work in the insurance sector. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and strategic reinsurances. He also counsels on regulatory issues, with an emphasis on Solvency II.

Connect: LinkedIn

Name: Will Adams

What he does: Will is a trainee solicitor in the Financial Institutions Group at Skadden.

Organization: Skadden

Words of wisdom: “The SCR can be calculated by either using the standard formula prescribed by the PRA rulebook and Solvency II, or by using a PRA-approved internal model bespoke to the company concerned.”

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