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• Solvency II, IFRS 17, local GAAP, Basel IV... where is the consistency?

  03 September 2019

  For the health of the financial sector and for the good of European citizens, accounting and solvency regimes for insurance and banking must be aligned around the same valuation concept, argue Serge Moulin, Giulio Terzariol and Carsten Zielke

• Views of enterprise risk management in 2030

  29 August 2019

  Chief risk officers who want to participate in the strategy of their organisations will need to develop their vision for the future of the ERM function. Willis Towers Watson executives share their views on how risk management might evolve

• A passionate ambassador for risk management

  27 August 2019

  Socrates Coudounaris, executive director of risk (EMEA) at RGA, tells Ronan McCaughey how his risk team helps deliver the reinsurer’s strategy and what role innovation will play in the life re/insurance sector

• Solvency II's biggest unintended consequences

  08 August 2019

  In part two of a Q&A to accompany the launch of his book on Solvency II, Karel Van Hulle discusses the impact of the directive, and how the insurance sector should prepare for sustainability, Brexit and new technologies

• Karel Van Hulle: "I want the objectives of Solvency II to be remembered"

  01 August 2019

  As a former head of insurance and pensions at the European Commission, Karel Van Hulle was central to the development of Solvency II. To coincide with the launch of his book on the directive, he talks to Christopher Cundy about its gestation, flaws and future development

• Canopius: looking east and west for growth

  25 July 2019

  This year's deals involving AmTrust and Samsung have given the 16-year-old Lloyd's operation a fresh impetus, as chairman Michael Watson explains to David Walker

• "We want clarity and certainty for IFRS 17 implementation"

  09 July 2019

  Patrick Klijnsmit, director of finance, risk & performance management and control at ASR, talks to Cintia Cheong about choosing vendors and contractors, and what he thinks of the proposed changes to the accounting standard

• Questioning the value of IFRS 17

  02 July 2019

  Irish insurance chief risk officers have expressed scepticism about the benefits of IFRS 17 and fear the principles-based nature of the insurance accounting standard will hamper consistency. Ronan McCaughey explains

• Romania's insurance sector: motoring on

  27 June 2019

  Motor business has dominated Romania's insurance market, but firms are taking steps to diversify their books, as well as cope with a raft of regulations and capitalise on new technology. Paul Walsh reports from Bucharest

• "The mummy track or the director track?"

  21 June 2019

  Steps to increase equality and diversity in the financial services industry are under way, but as witnesses at a recent UK parliamentary meeting observed, there is still much to be done. Paul Walsh reports