Archive

  • Insurers weigh up hedges against regulatory curve

    25 November 2014

    Early in November Eiopa unveiled the paper which determines the length and the method for extrapolation and sets the figures used to calculate the volatility adjustment. Finally insurers can roll out their hedging plans, as Hugo Coelho reports

  • The pricing predicament

    20 November 2014

    There is now a widespread desire for actuarial technical pricing amongst insurers, with the move to a more scientific and less purely underwriter-led approach to pricing at both strategic and individual risk levels, as David Edison explains

  • CRO profile: Eberhard Müller

    18 November 2014

    Eberhard Müller, chief risk officer of Hannover Re, talks to Marcus Alcock about the increasing importance of qualitative risk management, the long and winding road for internal model approval, and the problem with international capital standards

  • The ORSA: Considering risks that fall outside the standard formula

    13 November 2014

    Putting together the ORSA has been one of the most challenging processes for many in the run up to Solvency II. Here Colin Murray urges insurers in the standard formula channel to consider more unusual risks and the ways in which they can capture them

  • Novae's Reeken Patel: Solvency II will be worth it

    04 November 2014

    Novae's Reeken Patel, only recently installed at the respected Lloyd's player, talks to Marcus Alcock about Solvency II preparedness, the responsibilities of a CRO, and approaching unmodelled risk

  • Full steam ahead for Solvency II technology implementation

    28 October 2014

    The heat is on insurers to make their technology work in a fast-paced and regulation-bound environment, as Christopher Cundy surveys the scene in his introduction to the InsuranceERM Technology Guide 2014-15

  • The broad view

    21 October 2014

    Tom Wilson, CRO of Allianz, talks to Marcus Alcock about the need for supervisors to adapt as well, his difficulty with traditional insurance being deemed systemically relevant, and the trials and tribulations involved in submitting a trial IMAP which is over 100,000 pages long

  • Catastrophe models for the 21st century

    02 October 2014

    Modern society is incredibly interconnected and creating potentially huge risks that insurers are struggling to capture. RMS's Andrew Coburn explains to Christopher Cundy how a new generation of catastrophe models could be developed to help

  • Excluding terrorism risk?

    25 September 2014

    As the US Congress debates the latest renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, fears about expiration are stronger than before, with divisions over state v private sector responsibilities for insurance risk threatening the previous consensus. Hugo Coelho examines

  • Catastrophe models - is one ever enough?

    23 September 2014

    Finding the right balance between sharing resources related to natural catastrophes and competing over such information continues to be a sticky issue for the Lloyd's market, according to Michael Tripp