Archive

  • Beleaguered German insurers off the hook for reserve sharing

    03 July 2014

    The government is looking at reforms to counteract the continuing low interest rate environment. Hugo Coelho investigates

  • PRA ignores insurers on matching adjustment rules

    30 June 2014

    The UK's regulator has failed to clarify the rules for applying the matching adjustment, but has set out conditions for repackaging assets and is inviting firms to engage in a trial application. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Data quality is not just about compliance

    25 June 2014

    Ensuring and maintaining data quality standards is a vital part of the process for validating internal model and standard formula calculations and for validating their use in decision-making. But there are many more issues to consider than mere regulatory compliance, as Dominic Rau explains

  • Hedge funds bring risk and return to reinsurance business

    24 June 2014

    Hedge funds are changing the nature of reinsurance. The heavy emphasis on investment returns might serve them well in declining reinsurance markets, but there are risks involved with this approach. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Pushing for professionalism in risk management

    18 June 2014

    Risk managers are under growing pressure to prove their competencies with regulators and rating agencies, say Amlin's Alex Hindson and Aviva's José Morago. They talk to Christopher Cundy about how qualifications can help

  • Capturing climate change in cat models

    17 June 2014

    According to Lloyd's, insurers should be including climate change in their catastrophe models. But with the uncertainties and differing timescales, it is not that simple in practice. Katie Kouchakji reports

  • UK insurers substantially on track for ideal ORSA

    10 June 2014

    Many still see it as a burden rather than a benefit, says LCP's Catherine Drummond, and Lloyd's firms tend to be more negative about its usefulness. She talks to Christopher Cundy about the findings of a recent survey

  • What do NEDs want from risk managers?

    21 May 2014

    Non-executive directors are putting increasing demands on risk management teams as they try to navigate companies through a riskier world. To help smooth the relationship, two NEDs share their thoughts on what they need. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Axa's de Mailly Nesle: CROs need to be controversial and constructive

    16 May 2014

    Chief risk officers should be the ones raising challenges in any decision-making process, says Axa's group CRO Alban de Mailly Nesle. But they also need to avoid being too negative, he tells Lorna Davies.

  • Five steps to 'big data' nirvana

    14 May 2014

    The explosion of data offers a threat and an opportunity to insurers, but few have really grasped the extent of the challenge. Patrick Maeder lays out the five areas where insurers should focus if they are to adapt successfully to the new information-centric world