Archive

• NN's Jan-Hendrik Erasmus: "the key issue is how to embrace technology"

  26 October 2017

  NN Group's chief risk officer discusses with David Walker how the Dutch insurer is positioned for M&A, why Solvency II does not need to change, longevity risk hedging and today's technology and cyber challenges

• Unipol's Renzo Avesani: balancing risk and innovation

  19 October 2017

  Renzo Avesani holds the positions of chief risk officer and chief innovation officer at Unipol – a unique combination at such a large insurer. He tells Cintia Cheong about the firm's latest initiatives and how it is adapting to life under Solvency II

• View from the Top: The next crisis, counter-cyclical business models and pro-cyclical valuations: What's to be done?

  12 October 2017

  In this instalment, Tom Wilson, chief risk officer for Allianz, reviews the implications of a financial market correction for the industry and makes some recommendations on how risk, capital and value should be managed

• Gen Re's Jules Constantinou: technology can make insurance more meaningful

  03 August 2017

  Jules Constantinou, regional manager for life and health at GenRe UK and Ireland, and president-elect of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, vows to make insurance more meaningful to society. He tells Cintia Cheong how technology can help achieve that

• The biggest barrier to actuarial system improvement is... actuaries?

  27 July 2017

  As insurers prepare for another round of system adaptation and process review with the introduction of IFRS 17, Andries Beukes shares his experience in modernising actuarial systems and discusses what role actuaries have in the success – and failure – of transformation projects

• Allianz's Wilcox: CRO role still in "teenager" phase

  31 May 2017

  As Stephen Wilcox looks set to leave Allianz UK by the end of the summer, he reflects on how his role as CRO has developed over the last seven years alongside more recent regulatory and political frustrations. He spoke to Callum Tanner at Allianz's office in London.

• Actuaries price themselves out of data science jobs

  03 January 2017

  The skills needed in the 'big data' revolution closely match those held by actuaries, but well-qualified individuals are unlikely to find the sector financially attractive, as Cintia Cheong finds in her report on actuarial recruitment in the UK

• Lessons from the actuarial archives

  29 December 2016

  Craig Turnbull took a casual journey into the actuarial chronicles and found himself writing a book about what he found. He talks to Christopher Cundy about the greatest thinkers and the biggest controversies in 350 years of actuarial history

• Direct Line's José Vazquez: navigating the digital world

  15 December 2016

  Direct Line's chief risk officer José Vazquez discusses how his risk team has evolved and how it is organising to respond to threats such as digitalisation, big data and driverless cars, with Christopher Cundy

• Zurich's Isabelle Welton: "Culture is not something we can teach"

  29 November 2016

  A specific responsibility for culture is highly unusual among senior insurance executives – but it's a mantle that Isabelle Welton has taken on. She discusses Zurich's culture and its journey of improvement with Christopher Cundy