Corporate strategy

News/comment

Swiss Re returns to profit

18 February 2010

De-risking ahead of schedule

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Warren Buffett now Munich Re's biggest shareholder

12 February 2010

By Reuters News

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AIG moves ahead on AIA IPO, picks 7 more banks

11 February 2010

By Reuters News

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S&P strips Berkshire Hathaway of AAA rating

05 February 2010

By Reuters News

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Munich Re posts increased profits

02 February 2010

Group exceeds return expectations; reinsurance benefited from low natural catastrophe claims

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“We will compete more strongly with the big four”

12 January 2010

Martin Pike stresses growth prospects of Towers Watson

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$4bn merger creates Towers Watson

04 January 2010

Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt finalize deal

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IERM’s top stories chart 2009’s risk management challenges

27 November 2009

The financial crisis and the toughening demands of Solvency II have been a combined test like no other for companies this year

Analysis

Better integration and communication of risks needed

06 January 2010

Better integration and communication of risks neededThis should be the aim of insurers in 2010, along with a more pragmatic approach to modelling and lobbying for simpler regulation. Industry experts outline these and other developments they’d like to see in ERM this year

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2010 will bring many challenges, warn risk experts

05 January 2010

Among them: increasing regulatory burdens, a talent shortage, investment dilemmas and looming inflation. Our panel of industry soothsayers spell out their concerns.

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Corporate restructuring driven not just by tax

19 August 2009

The trend in insurance for restructuring and redomestication is set to continue, but factors other than just tax play a part in this, explain Stuart Higgins and Jim Bichard

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Insurers should take a fresh look at their own pension funds

03 July 2009

UK Insurers that operate defined benefit pensions can reduce the cost of their regulatory capital if they take a more holistic view, says Yasheen Rajan

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(Re)insurers face difficult choices on capital

10 February 2009

(Re)insurers face difficult choices on capitalThe range of options for bolstering capital has decreased as the credit crunch has intensified. Risk retention vehicles may have a role to play, argue Adrian Richardson and John Reed

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The risks multiply for insurers in 2009

06 January 2009

The risks multiply for insurers in 2009The fall-out from the banking crisis could ensnare the insurance industry this year -- unless it rises to the challenges highlighted by the experts below. Jessica Baylis reports.

Opinion

Opportunities abound for actuaries who relish challenge

25 January 2010

Those with risk and capital management skills will be most in demand, and the trend from technical to business actuary will also gather pace, says Chris Cannon

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What 2009 has taught us about risk planning

17 December 2009

What 2009 has taught us about risk planningJacob Rosengarten argues that the more an organization goes through the process of examining potential sources of extreme loss, the more prepared it will be for any future event

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Assess the business impact of Solvency II now

04 November 2009

Assess the business impact of Solvency II nowAlso establish the ground rules with regulators, define the risk-measurement architecture and allocate ownership within the company as part of your Solvency II programme. This is the advice of Lukas Ziewer of Oliver Wyman

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