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Group seeks to expose the "risk elephants" in the room
12 November 2013Additional volunteers sought for UK actuarial working party
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Benchmarking the internal capital model
07 November 2013Aon Benfield polled almost 100 users of its ReMetrica capital modelling software to compare how often they ran their internal models, their speed of processing, the number of people involved – and a host of other interesting questions. Jason Noronha and Wing Lam present the results
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Caution: capital models at work
06 November 2013The prospect of Solvency II led many insurers to spend millions building internal capital models and the time has come to make them work for the business. But basing strategy on a tool that has been developed primarily with compliance in mind is not without risk, as Rob Collinson explains
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MetaRisk upgraded to allow cat model blending
05 November 2013Guy Carpenter launches version 7.2 of risk and capital management software
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"Be prepared to discuss model risk with investors"
30 October 2013Kiln CRO Andrew Hitchcox says trend of demands for increased disclosure is inevitable
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Technology Guide 2013-14: vendors react to Solvency II delays
29 October 2013Both users and vendors of risk management systems have faced difficult decisions as a result of the further delay in Solvency II implementation. We look at the opportunities and problems created by this and issues such as: do faster systems have to be more complex, as well as more expensive, and will vendors offer more transparency into their models?
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Low-cost modelling platform claims "ground breaking" computation speeds
24 October 2013Marriott Sinclair's Tyche takes advantage of parallel processing
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S&P warns against slowing ERM in light of Solvency II delay
21 October 2013Response is indicative of which insurers take ERM seriously, rating agency says
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Communication is the next step in internal model validation
09 October 2013Internal model validation has evolved rapidly in the last three years but the key to getting real value from the process in 2014 is to focus on communication, say Charl Cronje and Tom Durkin
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Jobs for actuaries still influenced by Solvency II
25 September 2013Preparations for Solvency II sparked a huge recruitment drive for actuaries. But with the momentum gone and work nearing completion in many firms, how is the jobs market changing? Katie Kouchakji reports