Archive

  • 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

  • IFRS 17 implementation requires "extreme flexibility"

    06 February 2020

    Cristina Colozza, IFRS 17 disclosure and methodology central lead at Zurich, tells Cintia Cheong about the firm's IFRS 17 implementation status and the importance of its financial impact assessment

  • "The costs of IFRS 17 are likely to outweigh the benefits"

    30 January 2020

    Tony O'Riordan, chief financial officer of New Ireland Assurance, tells Ronan McCaughey how the company is implementing the new accounting standard, about the complexity it creates and why it will not solve any major issues for the company

  • Zurich's Peter Giger: denser regulation is creating more pressure

    23 January 2020

    Peter Giger began his third spell with Zurich last September after taking over as its group chief risk officer (CRO). He talks to Paul Walsh about the regulatory pressures the Swiss insurer is facing, and the differences between his current and previous roles

  • Flood, climate, capital: NAIC president Ray Farmer's agenda for 2020

    21 January 2020

    Ray Farmer is the new president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. In this Q&A with Sarfraz Thind, he talks about flood coverage, international regulation and how he intends to raise climate awareness

  • Politics and sluggish innovation become bugbears for risk chiefs

    14 January 2020

    InsuranceERM surveyed eight senior risk officers to assess the highs and lows of 2019 as well as what they are hoping for in the next 12 months. Paul Walsh examines the key findings

  • Making scenario planning meaningful, effective and manageable

    31 December 2019

    An expert panel at InsuranceERM's Regulation & Risk Management conference on 3 December in London shared their advice on stress and scenario planning, an activity that has become increasingly important for risk teams as they play a greater role in business strategy

  • Zurich's Eugenie Molyneux: diversity is key for today's CROs

    19 December 2019

    Eugenie Molyneux, chief risk officer for commercial insurance at Zurich, tells Cintia Cheong about the firm's approach to climate change and why diversity is important for the modern risk manager.

  • Eiopa's Gabriel Bernardino: climate disclosures will become mandatory

    17 December 2019

    Gabriel Bernardino, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) joined InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk and Capital EMEA conference earlier this month. In a Q&A with Christopher Cundy, he answered questions about climate change, the Solvency II review and conduct risk

  • Writing a new chapter for Equitable Life

    10 December 2019

    Feryal Nadeem started her career at Equitable Life during its financial crisis. Twenty years later she is chief risk officer at the provider that will finally resolve the UK mutual insurer for policyholders, as she explains to Ronan McCaughey