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InsuranceERM's Technology Guide 2018-19 is now live
09 October 2018Christopher Cundy introduces this year's guide to risk, capital and asset management software
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Tokio Marine overhauls risk management systems
06 September 2018The Japanese insurance group has upgraded its risk management processes to eliminate manual interventions and deliver an enhanced view of group risk. Christopher Cundy reports
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Equity release mortgages: stopping the roof falling in
07 August 2018The Prudential Regulation Authority has shaken up life insurers by proposing new assumptions around the valuation of ERMs. The more prudent approach seeks to avoid a potential disaster if house prices stagnate or crash, but the impact on insurers could be serious. Christopher Cundy reports
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German actuaries tell Eiopa: "Stick to your remit"
26 June 2018DAV vice-president Guido Bader talks to David Walker about how the country's actuaries are concerned by Eiopa's new ideas for Solvency II – and the lack of testing around them
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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
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SFCRs: "We're not sure any policyholders read them"
06 June 2018Insurers say their solvency and financial condition reports (SFCRs) are barely read by customers, so how should they evolve to better suit their audience? Christopher Cundy reports on this and other views and experiences with the public Solvency II document
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Emerging risks: cyber still top, environment rising
27 April 2018Max Rudolph discusses the findings of the North American actuarial societies' 11th annual survey of emerging risks with Christopher Cundy
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Solving Solvency II's proportionality riddle
06 April 2018Smaller insurers have long complained about the burden of complying with Solvency II, but balancing proportionality with proper supervision continues to be debated. Aggelos Andreou reports
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Axa's Christian Thimann: EU's sustainability drive directly linked to Solvency II reform
08 February 2018The chair of the European Commission's expert group on sustainable finance talks to Paul Walsh about the group's recommendations – and how they are intrinsically linked with Solvency II.
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The PRA's David Rule on Brexit, the risk margin and the regulator's hotspots for supervision in 2018
31 January 2018The UK's executive director for insurance supervision talks to Christopher Cundy about how the Prudential Regulation Authority is approaching Brexit and reveals the latest views on reforming the risk margin