Archive

  • HKFI's Selina Lau: Covid-19 is a golden opportunity to educate the public

    26 March 2020

    Selina Lau's first month as chief executive of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers has been nothing if not busy. From the coronavirus to the opportunities of the Greater Bay Area initiative, while handling IFRS 17 and forthcoming risk-based capital rules, there is never a dull moment, she tells David Walker

  • Prudential explores options for Jackson amid coronavirus turmoil

    24 March 2020

    Alternatives to minority IPO are on the table

  • IAIS launches ICS 2.0 level 2 texts

    16 March 2020

    Latest document contains more details than level 1

  • South Korea's regulatory change likely to boost insurers' solvency

    27 February 2020

    Co-insurance will also bring opportunities to reinsurers, says AM Best

  • AAIC's ERM journey: inspired by Europe

    25 February 2020

    AAIC's CRO Lorie Graham started the company's ERM programme in 2008 at a time when the US reinsurance sector had few models to look at. So she took her inspiration from the Europeans, she tells Sarfraz Thind

  • COMMENT: Putting the ICS to the test

    21 February 2020

    Jonathan Dixon, secretary general of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, discusses the organisation's plans for monitoring the global Insurance Capital Standard

  • Eiopa hits back at the French ICS revolution

    21 February 2020

    Some prominent French re/insurers don't want the Insurance Capital Standard in its current form, angering EU and US negotiators alike. Eiopa looks determined to carry on regardless. The IAIS is treading carefully. It is a fraught situation and some practitioners believe the standard could even collapse under its own weight, as Sarfraz Thind reports

  • The Philippines' regulator issues minimum capital warning

    19 February 2020

    Come up with P900m minimum capital by 28 February or face closure, insurers are warned

  • Kyobo Life deploys Aon's PathWise as financial risk management platform

    12 February 2020

    The offering covers IFRS 17 and K-ICS reporting

  • French insurers say "non" to Insurance Capital Standard

    11 February 2020

    Eight re/insurers decline to participate in testing of global capital measure