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News
QBE's 2019 reinsurance programme targets major cat loss reductions
Australian group expects reductions of up to 50%
Industry welcomes PRA's update on equity release mortgages
Practitioners happy with extra 12 months before implementation
Germany's Caritas mulls curbing pension guarantees
The Pensionkasse is also changing senior managers
BaFin rejects church insurer's solvency rescue plan
Caritas's Pensionskasse was struggling with ZZR
Allianz aims for lower solvency ratio in 2019
Capital efficiency plans form part of company's move to simplicity
Generali extends internal model, boosts solvency ratio
AIG chief praises Bermuda's market fundamentals
Generali plans €1bn investment in innovation and digital transformation
EU has "a long way to go" on conduct supervision - Bernardino
US life capitalisation expected to remain strong says Moody's
Australia aims to raise health insurer capital requirements
Insurance asset allocation strategies to consider in a recession
Analysis
Candace Woods: engineering financial wellness
Prudential Financial's chief actuary talks to Christopher Cundy about her role in improving diversity, reforming its actuarial team and the regulatory challenges facing the insurer.
Climate risk management: the heat is on
Managing financial risks from climate change is becoming an important issue for insurers. Ronan McCaughey speaks to firms about the tools they use to gauge climate risk - and how they plan to deal with this major global challenge
German life book consolidation: cultural shift needed
Following the sale of Generali Leben to Viridium, the largest-ever transfer of a German life book, participants are hopeful it will convince doubtful minds and open the door to more deals. Christopher Cundy reports
InsuranceERM's Technology Guide 2018-19 is now live
Christopher Cundy introduces this year's guide to risk, capital and asset management software
Tokio Marine overhauls risk management systems
The Japanese insurance group has upgraded its risk management processes to eliminate manual interventions and deliver an enhanced view of group risk. Christopher Cundy reports
Capital modelling: building a better correlations matrix
Correlation matrices have a major influence on how internal models allocate capital, but conventional processes sometimes struggle to make sense from a business perspective. Colin Kerley suggests an alternative approach