Archive

  • Realising the potential of operational risk management

    01 May 2018

    Madeline Betts, Justin Elks and Daniel Bruce set out practical and proportionate ways to improve operational risk processes that add tangible value to a business

  • Emerging risks: cyber still top, environment rising

    27 April 2018

    Max Rudolph discusses the findings of the North American actuarial societies' 11th annual survey of emerging risks with Christopher Cundy

  • Lloyd's syndicates despair after reinsurance catastrophe rate rises vanish

    23 April 2018

    Veterans express "horror" at the lack of movement in reinsurance rates after 2017's natural catastrophes, as David Walker reports

  • The beginning of the end for coal investment and underwriting

    19 April 2018

    Insurers have made efforts to disengage themselves from the coal industry on both sides of the balance sheet, but climate activists say they could do more. Cintia Cheong wraps up the latest developments

  • Model risk management - why should we care?

    17 April 2018

    There are clear benefits to insurers from taking a holistic approach to managing model risk, says Phil Whittingham

  • The challenge of constructing IFRS 17 discount rates

    12 April 2018

    Nick Jessop discusses the permitted approaches for constructing insurance contract discount rates under the IFRS 17.

  • Lloyd's syndicates detail extent of natcat losses

    10 April 2018

    Annual accounts from Lloyd's syndicates show a leap in combined ratios and losses following 2017's natural catastrophes. David Walker analyses the figures

  • Solving Solvency II's proportionality riddle

    06 April 2018

    Smaller insurers have long complained about the burden of complying with Solvency II, but balancing proportionality with proper supervision continues to be debated. Aggelos Andreou reports

  • Planning your IMAP programme

    04 April 2018

    In part two of this feature, Ashish Kwatra and Jennifer (Kang) Khaleghy highlight key areas to consider when planning for internal model approval

  • The future of terrorism risk insurance pools

    29 March 2018

    Paul Walsh investigates how the terrorism pools are maintaining their relevance in the face of cyber threats and the changing nature of terrorist attacks