-
Lapse risk and capital management strategies: rewriting the script
04 July 2023Mass lapse risk has returned to haunt European life insurers, prompted a rethink of the approach to risk and capital management, as Luca Tres explains in the second of this two-part series
-
Lapse risk and capital management strategies: back in the spotlight
27 June 2023Mass lapse risk has returned to haunt European life insurers, prompted a rethink of the approach to risk and capital management, as Luca Tres explains in the first of this two-part series
-
Legacy life consolidator cheered by deal prospects in 2022
18 January 2022Athora's group chief risk officer Lukas Ziewer explains why
-
Legacy life books: targeted approaches to de-risking and optimisation
17 January 2022In the second of two articles, Luca Tres reviews how a targeted risk transfer strategy can help life insurers better manage their legacy books - and looks to the future of legacy life de-risking
-
Legacy life books: a proactive approach
10 January 2022In the first of two articles, Luca Tres discusses the strategies available to life insurers facing the challenges of high capital intensity and low profitability in their life legacy business
-
The alternative in life
03 June 2021Luca Tres has been a pioneer in the development of the life ILS markets. As he begins a new role at Guy Carpenter, he talks to Christopher Cundy about the past and future at the intersection of re/insurance and capital markets
-
Genetic testing risks go under the microscope
03 February 2021Do life insurers really face the risk of adverse selection from customers that have taken predictive genetic tests? Academics think not, and insurers and policyholders could indeed benefit from wider use of genetic testing, as Paul Walsh reports
-
A capital management toolkit for life re/insurers
14 March 2019Paul Fulcher and Luca Tres describe the pros and cons of 10 techniques and solutions available to European life insurers under Solvency II to help manage capital
-
IFRS 17 earnings recognition: challenges, opportunities and innovations
21 June 2018Luca 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
-
Lapse risk takes centre stage in capital management strategies
12 December 2017Since the introduction of Solvency II, EU life insurers have had to hold much more capital against the risk of customers lapsing their policies. Luca Tres explains how innovative hedging structures can help firms maximise their capital efficiency