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Wildfire scores, shake vouchers and robotics: reinsurers reveal tech plans at RVS
10 September 2019Leveraging of technology dominates Rendez-vous de Septembre discussions, as Cintia Cheong reports
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The reinsurance business: time to bounce back?
05 September 2019Reinsurance pricing has improved but analysts believe headwinds remain. Ahead of the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo, Cintia Cheong compares the views of credit rating agencies on the global market outlook
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Solvency II, IFRS 17, local GAAP, Basel IV... where is the consistency?
03 September 2019For the health of the financial sector and for the good of European citizens, accounting and solvency regimes for insurance and banking must be aligned around the same valuation concept, argue Serge Moulin, Giulio Terzariol and Carsten Zielke
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Views of enterprise risk management in 2030
29 August 2019Chief risk officers who want to participate in the strategy of their organisations will need to develop their vision for the future of the ERM function. Willis Towers Watson executives share their views on how risk management might evolve
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A passionate ambassador for risk management
27 August 2019Socrates Coudounaris, executive director of risk (EMEA) at RGA, tells Ronan McCaughey how his risk team helps deliver the reinsurer’s strategy and what role innovation will play in the life re/insurance sector
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Long-term care insurance warning for US market
22 August 2019A recent report on GE Capital's long-term care insurance (LTCI) exposure has triggered market concerns, with Fitch Ratings arguing LTCI products are among the riskiest marketed by US life insurers. Sarfraz Thind explains
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Spelling out concerns with IFRS 17 reinsurance accounting
22 August 2019The IASB has revised the insurance contracts accounting standard to minimise mismatches in reinsurance accounting. This may be good news for primary firms and reinsurers, but other challenges remain, as Cintia Cheong reports
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Stephen Catlin and Paul Brand: how we’re going to challenge the status quo
20 August 2019A new re/insurer enters the business at a time when rates are hardening for the first time in years. But what can Convex do differently to the incumbents? Sarfraz Thind talks to the founders to find out
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How to avert the big data threat
15 August 2019Big data analytics promises to revolutionise risk selection for insurers, but threatens to marginalise higher-risk groups. Paul Walsh investigates how the “solidarity monitor” devised by the Dutch insurance association can help avoid exclusion
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Mortality reserving windfalls: a reversal of fortune?
13 August 2019UK life insurers have enjoyed several years of unexpected profits thanks to the slowdown of mortality improvements, but recent statistics hint this trend may be about to reverse. Cintia Cheong reports