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Germany hits the brakes on its €32bn ZZR
04 February 2016The ballooning level of additional interest rate reserves has prompted reforms to the rules, but few insurers took advantage in 2015. Hugo Coelho reports
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Climate change and geo-economics: the global risks demanding ERM focus
26 January 2016The latest World Economic Forum risks report provides useful indicators for CROs about the changing risk landscape. Asa Gibson reports
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Catastrophe models and Solvency II - lessons learnt and challenges for the future
14 January 2016Marta Abramska recounts how the EU regulation changed the cat modelling community and warns insurers to watch out for an explosion in bureaucracy
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Living up to the promise of internal models
08 December 2015Supervisory approval is not the end of the Solvency II internal model process. From 1 January, models are for insurers to leverage and for insurers to lose. Hugo Coelho and Christopher Cundy report
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Are the numbers up for operational risk modelling?
24 November 2015The internal model application process and developments in the banking world have posed more questions about the merits of modelling operational risk under Solvency II. Asa Gibson reports
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Solvency II fuels risk of model convergence
16 November 2015The demands of regulatory approval are creating a lack of diversity in insurance models and driving an increase in systemic risk, according to a joint industry and academic study. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Not so much the 'own' risk and solvency assessment
05 November 2015From the size of the stresses to the maximum number of pages of the report, European regulators are becoming prescriptive about how insurers should go about developing ORSAs in preparation for Solvency II. Hugo Coelho reports
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InsuranceERM/Towers Watson Risk Technology Report
29 October 2015Senior risk and capital executives share their thoughts on risk technology, the pressures the industry faces, downsides of adopting new technology and the future shape of the industry.
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Technology vendors prepare for a new chapter
22 October 2015Christopher Cundy charts the trends in risk and capital management software as the Solvency II implementation date nears
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AIG's Emmanuel Brulé: bridging the cultures
20 October 2015AIG's CRO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Emmanuel Brulé, is on a mission to close the gap between risk and the rest of the business. He talks to Christopher Cundy