Analysis

• The ORSA: Considering risks that fall outside the standard formula

  13 November 2014

  Putting together the ORSA has been one of the most challenging processes for many in the run up to Solvency II. Here Colin Murray urges insurers in the standard formula channel to consider more unusual risks and the ways in which they can capture them

• Longevity risk: The allure of causal models

  06 November 2014

  When measuring longevity risk, insurers typically look into the past for clues. However, the recognition of the shortcomings of this backward-looking approach is prompting the industry to consider more forward-looking models which allow insurers to identify the drivers of mortality, as Hugo Coelho reports

• Novae's Reeken Patel: Solvency II will be worth it

  04 November 2014

  Novae's Reeken Patel, only recently installed at the respected Lloyd's player, talks to Marcus Alcock about Solvency II preparedness, the responsibilities of a CRO, and approaching unmodelled risk

• John Huff: Capital cannot be the only answer to systemic risk

  30 October 2014

  While in Amsterdam for the conference of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, Hugo Coelho caught up with Missouri insurance commissioner John Huff. Here he elaborates on his criticism of global standards, and discusses key aspects in the tug of war between the US and Europe on the convergence of insurance regulation

• Full steam ahead for Solvency II technology implementation

  28 October 2014

  The heat is on insurers to make their technology work in a fast-paced and regulation-bound environment, as Christopher Cundy surveys the scene in his introduction to the InsuranceERM Technology Guide 2014-15

• Targeting reinsurance systemic risk

  23 October 2014

  All eyes are on the FSB's forthcoming update of G-SIIs, which is expected to include reinsurers for the first time. Marcus Alcock looks at who might be on the list and what the implications are for the market

• The broad view

  21 October 2014

  Tom Wilson, CRO of Allianz, talks to Marcus Alcock about the need for supervisors to adapt as well, his difficulty with traditional insurance being deemed systemically relevant, and the trials and tribulations involved in submitting a trial IMAP which is over 100,000 pages long

• Carney raises the stakes on Solvency II internal models

  16 October 2014

  Mark Carney's recent indication that the Bank of England will not hesitate to withhold approval of inadequate internal models raises the question of just how heavy-handed the regulator will turn out to be, as Stephen Makin, Emma McWilliam and Ross Evans discuss

• Benefit of the matching adjustment could be wafer-thin

  14 October 2014

  If supervisors take a hard line on the methodology for calculating the fundamental spread and issues like diversification, new business and portfolio rebalancing, the adjustment could lose its appeal, reports Hugo Coelho

• Speeding up reporting processes

  09 October 2014

  Bringing forward the calibration of risk factors in proxy models is one of the strategies to comply with the five-week deadline for quarterly reporting, according to a survey by Towers Watson. Hugo Coelho investigates