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Negative outlook for life insurers but stable for P&C, says Moody's
28 January 2013Both impacted by Solvency II and SMI
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Japanese regulator to continue with "ERM interviews"
28 January 2013JFSA sees it as equivalent to ORSA
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Learning from Japan's 'lost decades'
24 January 2013With much of Europe mired in a deepening recession, the parallels with Japan's 'lost decades' become ever more acute. Paul Fulcher and Teoman Kaplan explore whether European insurers can learn from their Japanese peers in how to deal with a prolonged state of stagnant economic growth and low interest rates
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Singapore to delay RBC 2 implementation
24 January 2013Will explore diversification benefits, matching premium, but defers use of internal models
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Africa offers insurance growth opportunity
21 January 2013Largest markets saw premium increase to $60.7bn in 2011, says AM Best
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Actuaries would "face ridicule" in considering climate change
18 January 2013Resource constraint could dramatically shift assumptions about economic growth, says Actuarial Profession report
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SunGard updates Prophet with analytics and tables modules
17 January 2013Developments should help insurers realise value from Solvency II
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Capital add-ons are here to stay, says IAIS's Kawai
15 January 2013Yoshihiro Kawai heads the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, the body responsible for contentious plans to oversee global insurance companies. He talks to Christopher Cundy about consensus and convergence
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From the Talmud and Markowitz to a holistic picture of risk
10 January 2013Systems thinking helps risk modellers develop a more dynamic, responsive analysis of complex systems. Matt Cocke and Richard See-Toh track developments from 4 BC to today's ERM approach
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Actuarial Profession sets sights on Asian expansion
10 January 2013Also aims to communicate better with the non-actuarial world, says chief executive