Archive

  • IASB will not change IFRS 17 aggregation requirements

    14 March 2019

    But amendments for credit card contracts and risk mitigation option approved

  • UK regulator proposes liquidity risk management rules

    05 March 2019

    Changes in the insurance sector and financial markets have increased liquidity risk, PRA argues

  • Profit emergence under IFRS 17: The Variable Fee Approach

    13 November 2018

    Steven Morrison continues his series on profit emergence under IFRS 17 by considering financial risk and its impact on contracts with participation features – with a focus on the differences between the VFA and general measurement model, and the impact of risk mitigation

  • US Sifi designations: not exactly dead

    30 October 2018

    The Federal Reserve's work on large insurer regulation appeared to receive a final nail in the coffin when Prudential's Sifi designation was removed this month. Insurers have rejoiced, but systemic risk regulation has not been buried entirely. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Speed up 'hard Brexit' plans, EU supervisors tell insurers

    12 September 2018

    Joint committee warns any transitional period “by no means guaranteed”

  • Hiscox profits rise as premiums increase all round

    30 July 2018

    Major reallocation of investment portfolio

  • IFRS 17 earnings recognition: challenges, opportunities and innovations

    21 June 2018

    Luca Tres and Adam Robinson discuss IFRS 17 and its earning recognition criteria from a capital markets and insurance practitioner's perspective, and consider the challenges and the opportunities this presents

  • Eiopa warns insurers off CFDs and binary options

    04 June 2018

    European authority’s statement follows action by Esma to restrict such products

  • Solvency II, low yields incentivising insurer derivatives use

    19 April 2018

    EU life insurers set to increase derivatives exposure, says Fitch

  • Finalists announced for InsuranceERM Awards

    21 December 2017

    See which companies, teams and individuals have made the shortlist for this year's awards for risk and capital management