Analysis

• Insights from Bermuda's cat risk management report

  01 December 2016

  The biggest exposure, trends in the use of reinsurance and the popularity of various vendor models are all revealed in the Bermuda Monetary Authority's latest analysis. Christopher Cundy reports

  

• Zurich's Isabelle Welton: "Culture is not something we can teach"

  29 November 2016

  A specific responsibility for culture is highly unusual among senior insurance executives – but it's a mantle that Isabelle Welton has taken on. She discusses Zurich's culture and its journey of improvement with Christopher Cundy

  

• CROs ride wave of uncertainty, but avoid the measuring stick

  24 November 2016

  EY's latest chief risk officer survey reveals a growing reliance on CROs to guide insurers through tricky times, but most are avoiding empirical measurement of their contribution. Christopher Cundy discusses the results with Graham Handy

  

• UK's problem with Solvency II isn't EU red tape: it's gold plating

  17 November 2016

  MPs investigating post-Brexit Solvency II reforms should focus on the UK regulator, rather than Brussels bureaucrats, according to insurers. Far from throwing off the shackles of Europe, most firms hope any changes will be minor and phased in slowly. Callum Tanner reports

  

• Actuaries call for improved Solvency II transitional reset methodology

  09 November 2016

  When and how to recalculate the transitional measure on technical provisions has proved one of the trickiest aspects of the Solvency II regime for UK insurers. Actuaries argue the PRA will need to refine the methodology if firms are to take a more meaningful benefit. Callum Tanner reports

  

• Board governance the focus in Enterprise failure investigation

  01 November 2016

  The Gibraltar regulator believes it may have been "consistently misled" by Enterprise's board on its solvency. Peter Taylor, its director of legal enforcement, speaks to Callum Tanner about the ongoing probe

  

• New York Life reaps rewards of actuarial reform

  27 October 2016

  Moving to the FIS Prophet US Single Platform for actuarial valuation and projection involved cultural as well as technical upgrades

  

• The tech trends of 2016

  24 October 2016

  Christopher Cundy discusses the current themes in risk and actuarial software

  

• Solvency II implementation reveals national diversities

  20 October 2016

  InsuranceERM's survey of supervisors reveals how the use of internal models, transitionals and discount curve adjustments differs across the EU

  

• Brexit shifts debate on Solvency II reforms

  13 October 2016

  Many see Solvency II rules as a largely British export to Europe, but once the UK leaves the EU, the remaining member states are likely to take the directive in a new direction. Callum Tanner reports