Archive

• Regulation no more: CROs are reborn as innovators

  19 December 2017

  EY's survey of North American chief risk officers revealed a shift in their responsibilities away from regulatory issues. Chad Runchey and David Paul discuss how they are instead coping with disruption, battling cyber threats and leading the charge on innovation

• IFRS 17 throws down technology challenge to insurers

  14 December 2017

  There is no single technology vendor offering a solution to the recently announced accounting standard, IFRS 17, and several parts will have to be custom built, according to PwC's Richard Hart. He caught up with Christopher Cundy to talk about about the opportunities these challenges present and the strategies the industry is taking

• Lapse risk takes centre stage in capital management strategies

  12 December 2017

  Since the introduction of Solvency II, EU life insurers have had to hold much more capital against the risk of customers lapsing their policies. Luca Tres explains how innovative hedging structures can help firms maximise their capital efficiency

• Swiss Re's Dan Ryan: UK moratorium on genetic testing will have to change

  08 December 2017

  Dan Ryan, head of research at the Swiss Re Institute, talks to Cintia Cheong about the rise of genetic testing, life insurtech, and why insurers and academics need to work together to understand mortality trends

• Combining humans and robotics in underwriting

  05 December 2017

  Brijesh Chandra explains how robotic process automation can raise the efficiency of underwriting operations and improve analytics – as well as highlighting aspects where the "human touch" is irreplaceable

• Justice Committee's Ogden advice raises fear of further delay

  30 November 2017

  MPs have told the government it must face the "real world" when implementing the new personal injury discount rate. But its recommendations may cause more delay to the process, and pain for insurers as the industry tussles with making appropriate assumptions. Paul Walsh reports

• Blockchain confronts the valley of death

  29 November 2017

  Blockchain technology has proven applications in the insurance sector, but can it fulfil its promise to revolutionise the business? Paul Walsh investigates the questions around standards, costs and risks for this emerging technology

• CROs discuss - do we even need a risk team?

  24 November 2017

  Ensuring an appropriate risk culture is an important but sometimes hazy activity for a risk team. At InsuranceERM's recent conference, a group of CROs discussed some of the issues and challenges they face in achieving a good risk culture

• Economic capital: the solution to two big insurance problems

  23 November 2017

  Using economic capital metrics makes for better business decisions and improves the wider understanding of profitability in the insurance sector. The opportunity is not to be missed, argue Gez Llanaj and Assad Shah

• Eiopa's Fausto Parente: convergence is the remedy for regulatory arbitrage

  21 November 2017

  The executive director of the EU's insurance authority discusses its new powers, Brexit, supervisory convergence, insurtech and sustainability in this interview with Christopher Cundy