Analysis

  • Cracks in the normal distribution challenge CROs

    09 October 2020

    Covid-19 is changing the way chief risk officers think and work. Eric Clapprood and David Sherwood talk to Sarfraz Thind about why CROs may need to focus on less extreme risks, and how they can adapt to the new normal

  • Covid-19 is bad, but cyberattacks and climate change may be worse

    01 October 2020

    ...so say the world's top reinsurers when asked about the most severe risks facing the industry. Paul Walsh reports

  • Covid-19 claims fall short of forecasts... so far

    29 September 2020

    Cintia Cheong investigates why claims related to the pandemic have failed to live up to forecasts in the early part of this year

  • Lockdowns and BLM put pressure on the diversity and inclusion agenda

    21 September 2020

    The sixth annual Dive In festival, designed to promote inclusion and diversity in the insurance sector, will take place this week following some of the most dramatic societal developments in recent history. Paul Walsh reports on how the issue has been prioritised in these times

  • The FSB and effective resolution: why it should matter to you

    18 September 2020

    Insurers can come up with many reasons to put resolution planning at the bottom of their list of priorities. Carlos Montalvo explains why they should not

  • Linda Lacewell: New York's no-nonsense reformer

    17 September 2020

    Change... it's overdue. The head of the NYDFS, Linda Lacewell, believes there is a transformative energy in the air and it must not be wasted. She speaks to Sarfraz Thind

  • The cloud is a silver lining amid Covid-19

    16 September 2020

    Covid-19 has put to bed any doubts about the use of cloud technology for risk and capital management. The pandemic will also drive more sophisticated risk modelling, as Ronan McCaughey discusses in his review of key trends in the risk software markets

  • IFRS 17's neglected questions: the risk adjustment and confidence levels

    14 September 2020

    Andries Beukes discusses with Cintia Cheong the findings of an investigation into how insurers are planning to calculate their IFRS 17 risk adjustment and confidence level

  • The Future of Insurance: no future for guaranteed products?

    03 September 2020

    Covid-19 has heightened the threat of a low-for-long interest rate environment and is adding to doubts around the future for life insurance products with guarantees, as Paul Walsh reports

  • Covid-19 and insurance: stirred, not shaken

    01 September 2020

    Isaac Alfon and Shirley Beglinger share the findings of their survey of risk and finance executives on how they coped with the crisis - and how working environments and business practices will change after the pandemic

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