Archive

  • MEPs seek scrutiny of IFRS 17 implementation timeline

    04 June 2018

    European Parliament's Econ committee files draft resolution demanding deeper investigation of accounting standard

  • Insured cat losses in 2017 second only to 2011

    24 January 2018

    Record year for wildfire losses, according to Impact Forecasting

  • Zurich's Alison Martin: economic risk should be higher up the agenda

    23 January 2018

    Following the publication of the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report, Christopher Cundy spoke with Zurich's chief risk officer Alison Martin to discuss the findings and reflect on the implications for risk managers

  • IT and strategy risks climb US insurers' rankings

    23 January 2018

    Opportunity to refresh risk management priorities, says Willis Re's Dave Ingram

  • Environmental risks top the list in World Economic Forum report

    17 January 2018

    And humanity is ill-equipped to tackle their inter-connectedness, it warns

  • 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

  • Innovative risk modelling key to tackling emerging technology risks

    17 October 2017

    The World Economic Forum has called for urgent innovation in risk modelling and said rapid global collaboration is crucial to dealing with the risks from new technology. David Walker reports

  • EU countries hit back against Commission threat on Solvency II

    31 May 2017

    Defence includes divergent interpretation, disputed provisions and possible bureaucratic mistake

  • Insurers are not providing 'material level' of cyber coverage, says OECD

    16 May 2017

    Limited data, product overlapping and risk of correlation among the factors

  • European insurers prepare for UFR change pain

    06 April 2017

    Cutting the ultimate forward rate to about 3.65% over the next five years will drag down European insurers' solvency ratios as the pain of low rates feeds into long-term discounting. The big question now is whether MEPs, the Commission and German industry will work together to block Eiopa's methodology. Callum Tanner reports