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Actuarial recruitment: IFRS 17 delay pauses contractor demand
02 April 2019Insurance actuaries remain in demand for traditional tasks as well as a growing range of non-traditional jobs. But recruitment consultants are still waiting to see an IFRS 17-related surge, as Cintia Cheong reports
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Learning the lessons from internal model change
28 March 2019Defining and implementing changes to internal models has challenged insurers, but a new industry report sheds some light on the best approaches to managing the process. Christopher Cundy reports
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A shake-up of Australian earthquake modelling
26 March 2019David Walker finds that much has changed in the risk models used to assess the country's seismic hazard - and in the mentality of the modellers themselves
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Drone risk flies high
21 March 2019The disruption caused by drones at airports has propelled the risk to worldwide attention. For underwriters, it is adding to their considerations - but they also have much to gain from the technology. Paul Walsh reports
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Settling a Scor
19 March 2019The fallout between French insurers Scor and Covéa over the latter’s proposed takeover bid quickly erupted into a very public feud, the likes of which are seldom seen. With legal and civil actions commencing soon, how have reputations been affected? Paul Walsh investigates
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A capital management toolkit for life re/insurers
14 March 2019Paul Fulcher and Luca Tres describe the pros and cons of 10 techniques and solutions available to European life insurers under Solvency II to help manage capital
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IFRS 17 Conference: what have we learned?
12 March 2019The upcoming accounting standard for insurance contracts poses several challenges to the industry ranging from skills shortages to stakeholder engagement. On 27 February, experts convened at InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 Conference in London to discuss their approach to successful implementation. Cintia Cheong summarises the findings
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Standardised stress tests top the list of SFCR improvement measures
05 March 2019Insurers have found Solvency II's public disclosure framework to be cumbersome and impractical, and stakeholders complain they're not getting what they need. Now regulators have committed to a review, David Walker asks what can be done to improve the solvency and financial condition report?
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Insurers rank their most dangerous risks for 2019
28 February 2019Dave Ingram and Mark Mennemeyer discuss the results of their poll on which risks are considered most dangerous to insurers
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Don't postpone IFRS 17 deadline again, says Allianz
26 February 2019Cintia Cheong asks Remo Cavegn, Allianz One.Finance programme director, about why the 2022 deadline should stay and how the German insurer is managing to stay ahead of the game
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