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Eiopa hits back at the French ICS revolution
21 February 2020Some prominent French re/insurers don't want the Insurance Capital Standard in its current form, angering EU and US negotiators alike. Eiopa looks determined to carry on regardless. The IAIS is treading carefully. It is a fraught situation and some practitioners believe the standard could even collapse under its own weight, as Sarfraz Thind reports
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IFRS 17 and Solvency II: clashes on discount curve and risk margin come to the fore
17 February 2020InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 conference heard insurers are keen to leverage much of what they have implemented for Solvency II in their IFRS 17 compliance programmes, but are struggling with certain elements. Paul Walsh and Christopher Cundy report
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Australian life insurers arm up on the frontline of climate change
13 February 2020Climate change is not just a worry for property and casualty insurers. In Australia, whose recent natural disasters are widely seen as harbingers of global warming, life and health firms recognise complacency is no option. David Walker reports
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Winners revealed in InsuranceERM Awards 2020
10 February 2020The awards recognise the best insurance risk management providers serving the UK and Europe
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IFRS 17 implementation requires "extreme flexibility"
06 February 2020Cristina Colozza, IFRS 17 disclosure and methodology central lead at Zurich, tells Cintia Cheong about the firm's IFRS 17 implementation status and the importance of its financial impact assessment
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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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