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Zurich's Eugenie Molyneux: diversity is key for today's CROs
19 December 2019Eugenie Molyneux, chief risk officer for commercial insurance at Zurich, tells Cintia Cheong about the firm's approach to climate change and why diversity is important for the modern risk manager.
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Eiopa's Gabriel Bernardino: climate disclosures will become mandatory
17 December 2019Gabriel Bernardino, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) joined InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk and Capital EMEA conference earlier this month. In a Q&A with Christopher Cundy, he answered questions about climate change, the Solvency II review and conduct risk
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The devil in the IFRS 17 detail of reinsurance indexation clauses
12 December 2019The wording used in reinsurance contracts could lead to a bumpy transition from IFRS 4 to IFRS 17. Vasilka Bangeova explains how one contract clause - indexation - might trip re/insurers up
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Writing a new chapter for Equitable Life
10 December 2019Feryal Nadeem started her career at Equitable Life during its financial crisis. Twenty years later she is chief risk officer at the provider that will finally resolve the UK mutual insurer for policyholders, as she explains to Ronan McCaughey
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Cannabis insurance: ending the bad trip
05 December 2019Conflicting state and federal laws, uncertain pricing and novel risks have discouraged most insurers from participating in the cannabis market so far. But as the US edges nearer to federal legalisation, this could change. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Making sense of climate risk
03 December 2019Climate change is a risk of unprecedented scale, complexity and urgency. Claire Booth and Peter Kingsley outline how insurers can devise strategies to respond
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Talanx RoE will be lower under IFRS 17 and 9, CFO warns
27 November 2019Understanding the impact of IFRS 9 and 17 is a key focus for insurers currently. German insurance group Talanx has shed light on the issue by warning its return on equity will be lower under IFRS 9 and 17. Cintia Cheong explains
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Insurers get to grips with climate disclosure
26 November 2019It has been more than two years since the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) issued its recommendations to companies. Paul Walsh investigates the challenges the reporting framework has brought for insurers and what progress needs to be made
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US casualty reserves: courting disaster?
22 November 2019Rising claims and shrinking reserves in the US casualty business have led to speculation about an impending crisis. Could it really get that bad? Sarfraz Thind investigates
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The dual challenge of implementing IFRS 17 and IFRS 9
21 November 2019Insurers across the world whose accounting practices are based on IFRS principles are busy preparing for the most radical shakeup for a generation. Cintia Cheong explains the basics behind those changes and how the industry is preparing
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- Pensions CRO calls out racist and sexist remarks
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- NAIC climate data call could leave FIO in the cold
- Swiss Re's group CEO Christian Mumenthaler to step down