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2013: the ERM challenges ahead
08 January 2013Leading consultants and CROs say getting the most out of Solvency II implementation will be a big challenge for 2013, but other aspects of ERM will reappear on the agenda, as will the necessity of keeping ERM at the heart of business. Here is a compilation of responses to the questions InsuranceERM asked experts just before Christmas
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Dodd-Frank stirs federal action on insurance regulation
03 January 2013As speculation mounts that the Federal Insurance Office will soon release its report on modernising insurance regulation, Gloria Gonzalez investigates how it and the other corollaries of the Dodd-Frank reforms could redraw the US regulatory regime
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Australia beats Europe on regulatory overhaul
21 December 2012Australia has succeeded where Europe has seemingly failed by implementing new solvency capital regulations for insurers in three years – with relatively few delays. The standards will be implemented on 1 January 2013 and follow a broadly similar approach to Solvency II. Lorna Davies reports
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Ace's Mark McCausland: Solvency II is no chore
19 December 2012If boards are only focused on meeting the regulatory aspects of Solvency II they are missing a key point, says Mark McCausland, chief risk officer for Ace European Group, and calling the directive a chore should be resisted. He talks to InsuranceERM about this and other challenges of the CRO role