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Mutuals' deferred shares could have saved LV= from demutualising
15 December 2020With the British life insurer planning to demutualise with the £530m sale of its business, Cintia Cheong talks to AFM chief Martin Shaw about the prospects for the mutual sector in the UK
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ICS capital calculations: onerous, uncertain, but growing in relevance
14 December 2020The global Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) requires yet more modelling work for insurers and some of its rules for calculating capital are vague. It's currently a low priority for insurers and investors, but UK firms in particular should watch closely. Christopher Cundy reports
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Regulators highlight dividends, Brexit and Solvency II as key topics for 2021
10 December 2020German, Irish and British regulators discussed their top concerns for 2021 at InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference last week. Cintia Cheong reports
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US pandemic insurance: in defence of Pria
08 December 2020A battle has erupted between industry and regulatory groups on how best to insure the pandemic in the US. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who came up with the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act, believes industry must shoulder its fair share of the burden. She speaks to Sarfraz Thind
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The Solvency II 2020 review: three changes insurers hope to see
07 December 2020With the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) on the verge of delivering its final advice on reforms to Solvency II, the industry and other stakeholders have outlined some changes they wish to see. Paul Walsh reports
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Western & Southern's Todd Henderson: a year for living safely
03 December 2020Western & Southern's CRO says he is happy to be boring. Yet the work he has done in 2020 has been anything but. He talks to Sarfraz Thind about negotiating the Covid-19 pandemic and discusses the risks for both underwriting and assets
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Insurers urged to 'think the unthinkable' post-Covid-19
02 December 2020Experts at the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA virtual conference reflect on the lessons insurers have learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic. Ronan McCaughey explains
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The president on a mission to transform the IFoA
01 December 2020Tan Suee Chieh, president of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, tells Ronan McCaughey why the body must reinvent itself for a changing world - and how he plans to deliver his agenda for radical change.
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The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season: breaking unexpected records
27 November 2020This year will be remembered for the having the largest number of tropical storms, but it has been a relatively lucky season without serious losses. For insurers and risk modellers, the long-term impact may be the advances in technology forced upon them by the pandemic, as Paul Walsh reports
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What digital transformation means for CROs
24 November 2020Some chief risk officers are keen to embrace the opportunities offered by digital transformation, while others see it as a distraction. But all view digitalisation as an unavoidable trend that brings new risks with it, as Ronan McCaughey explains