The share going to workers—which economists call the labor share—translates into how much of our economic output shows up in people’s paychecks. The decline in the labor share goes to the heart of the rising inequality of wealth and the unequal sharing of prosperity. Several explanations have been put forward for the decline in the labor share.
As a result of these new standards, we have seen a fall in asset values of insurance companies, which has reduced their solvency surplus in 2006. Those affected by this development will need to revalue both sides of their balance sheets and take immediate measures to bring their solvency surpluses to the required level.