Like Basel II for banks, Solvency II is pushing insurance companies to supply large quantities of information to the regu- lator, including securities lending, repo and collat- eral data. Recent events have meant that EIOPA and the UK FSA both currently state that the new regime will go live...
If you compare rent plus renters insurance to mortgage plus escrows, then it’s more even but the house you can get will generally be much less especially if you put less than 20% down and have to buy mortgage insurance. The final factors that in my mind keep buying from being attractive...