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Eiopa's Fausto Parente: we are not creating reinsurance barriers
07 December 2023The executive director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) talks to Paul Walsh about the authority's approach to reinsurance supervision, lapse risk and concerns with current EU developments
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NewRe's CRO Christian Dahmen strikes the right chord
28 November 2023The risk expert at Swiss reinsurer NewRe has an eclectic conversation with Ronan McCaughey about geopolitical risk, qualitative risk management, artificial intelligence and effective leadership
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Frustrations with EU's regulatory approach emerge at Eiopa event
24 November 2023Concerns over regulatory and supervisory issues - and with the EU itself - were prominent during the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority's annual conference, as Paul Walsh reports
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Backtesting the Solvency II SCR: surprising findings and risk management implications
22 November 2023Ralf Korn and Gerhard Stahl discuss their novel investigation into the quality of Solvency II capital models and reveal a simple but powerful method for challenging model complexity
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IAIS 2023: Ariizumi and Saporta talk ICS, AI and climate
14 November 2023The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has seen a change at the top with Japan's Shigeru Ariizumi replacing Vicky Saporta as executive committee chair. The two gave an interview to Sarfraz Thind at the organisation's annual conference in Tokyo
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Ten geopolitical risks to keep you awake at night
09 November 2023Timothy Less from the University of Cambridge's Centre for Geopolitics outlined the shifting power balances and powder-keg disputes that actuaries should consider. Joshua Geer reports
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ISSB and EU pledge to minimise the sustainability reporting overload
31 October 2023European firms will have to comply with both EU and IFRS sustainability disclosure standards from their 2024 annual reports. But the two standard-setters have promised to be as harmonised as possible, as Joshua Geer reports
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Eiopa's third-country reinsurance rules must strike a delicate balance
04 October 2023Achieving sound risk management while avoiding protectionism is crucial for addressing coverage gaps, argues Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta
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A new chapter for Solvency II's SFCR
30 August 2023Modifications to the solvency and financial condition report (SFCR) have been mooted in the UK and EU, although insurers and users have urged caution on any potential changes. Paul Walsh reports
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Social inflation comes to Europe
07 August 2023The drivers are different, but the effect is similar: court judgements that have pained US insurers are spreading to Europe. Sarfraz Thind speaks to Henning Schaloske about the issue