News/comment
Kerry Kellie quits ABI after 6 months
16 July 2010
Surprise return to Australia for director general
Published in: Corporate strategy
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Catlin to create Swiss reinsurer
30 June 2010
Aims to capitalize on Solvency II opportunities
Published in: Corporate strategy, Regulation - supervision
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Willis appoints CFO
24 June 2010
Michael Neborak to start next month
Published in: Corporate strategy
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Aegon to withdraw from some businesses
22 June 2010
Aims to increase return on capital by 7% in UK business
Published in: Corporate strategy, Capital - models, Longevity - mortality
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Expect changes to product and investment strategies
16 June 2010
Fitch expands on rating impact of Solvency II
Published in: Corporate strategy, Capital - models, Investment risk, Regulation - supervision
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CEA elects new president
16 June 2010
Generali’s managing director to replace Tommy Persson
Published in: Corporate strategy
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Munich Re ups Chile quake hit, profit goal tougher
08 June 2010
By Reuters News
Published in: Corporate strategy, Capital - models, Cat risk - ILS
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Pru defends Asia bid amid shareholder anger
08 June 2010
By Reuters News
Published in: Corporate strategy, Capital - models
Analysis
Solvency II: how much should the CEO know?
25 March 2010
From the ORSA and risk management software to models and the use test, insurance company CEOs will face new tests of their knowledge as Solvency II approaches. Jessica Baylis asked five risk experts about the level of understanding that supervisors will expect of the CEOs.
Published in: Corporate strategy, Capital - models, Risk governance, Software, Regulation - supervision
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Better integration and communication of risks needed
06 January 2010
This 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
Published in: Corporate strategy, Capital - models, Risk governance, Software, Regulation - supervision
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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.
Published in: Corporate strategy, Capital - models, Risk governance, Insurance risk, Investment risk, Market risks, Cat risk - ILS, Software, Regulation - supervision
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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
Published in: Corporate strategy, Accounting - tax
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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
Published in: Corporate strategy, Risk governance, Investment risk
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(Re)insurers face difficult choices on capital
10 February 2009
The 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
Published in: Corporate strategy, Capital - models

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
Jacob 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
Also 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