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Australia and reinsurance: continuing the affair
04 February 2020Australia's insurers make extensive use of reinsurance and reinsurers like to take on the risk - and the relationship looks set to survive the recent catastrophes that have beset the country, as David Walker reports
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"The costs of IFRS 17 are likely to outweigh the benefits"
30 January 2020Tony O'Riordan, chief financial officer of New Ireland Assurance, tells Ronan McCaughey how the company is implementing the new accounting standard, about the complexity it creates and why it will not solve any major issues for the company
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China's coronavirus outbreak could hit insurers severely - UPDATED
24 January 2020Insurance experts talk to Ronan McCaughey about the mortality, operational and economic losses the deadly virus poses for the re/insurance industry
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Zurich's Peter Giger: denser regulation is creating more pressure
23 January 2020Peter Giger began his third spell with Zurich last September after taking over as its group chief risk officer (CRO). He talks to Paul Walsh about the regulatory pressures the Swiss insurer is facing, and the differences between his current and previous roles
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Flood, climate, capital: NAIC president Ray Farmer's agenda for 2020
21 January 2020Ray Farmer is the new president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. In this Q&A with Sarfraz Thind, he talks about flood coverage, international regulation and how he intends to raise climate awareness
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Three emerging risks for the 2020s
16 January 2020Andrew Smith, chief risk officer at Qatar Re, discusses three less-discussed risks for insurers that are set to emerge over the next decade
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Politics and sluggish innovation become bugbears for risk chiefs
14 January 2020InsuranceERM surveyed eight senior risk officers to assess the highs and lows of 2019 as well as what they are hoping for in the next 12 months. Paul Walsh examines the key findings
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Hong Kong insurers eye Greater Bay Area opportunities
09 January 2020Hong Kong fancies itself as the risk management hub of the Greater Bay Area, thanks to a young but dynamic regulator and its technological knowhow. Vincent Huck reports from the Asian Insurance Forum
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IFRS 17: twists and turns in the home straight
07 January 2020Cintia Cheong examines stakeholders' preliminary views of the IASB's redeliberations and previews the final stages of development of the insurance contracts accounting standard
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Making scenario planning meaningful, effective and manageable
31 December 2019An expert panel at InsuranceERM's Regulation & Risk Management conference on 3 December in London shared their advice on stress and scenario planning, an activity that has become increasingly important for risk teams as they play a greater role in business strategy
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