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Credit risk consultancy appoints head of insurance
Ramesh Indran joins 4most from Deloitte
Willis Towers Watson bolsters insurance consulting and tech team
Neil Bruce joins from Travelers Syndicate Management and Tim Rourke from LV=
MassMutual appoints permanent CRO
Hires Geoffrey Craddock from its asset management affiliate
IASB announces 15 members of IFRS 17 transition group
Panel includes representatives from Aviva, Axa, Allianz and AIA
IAG searches for new CRO
Clayton Whipp to retire next year
Liberty's head of reserving becomes chief actuary
Ex-GCHQ boss takes special advisor post at Lloyd's insurer
Prudential Financial appoints chief actuary
Prudential's group CRO appointed as Direct Line's finance chief
Willis Towers Watson hires risk and finance expert to lead Unify platform
Zurich appoints new CRO from local rival Swiss Re
Tokio Marine Kiln hires chief risk officer
Analysis
Unipol's Renzo Avesani: balancing risk and innovation
Renzo Avesani holds the positions of chief risk officer and chief innovation officer at Unipol – a unique combination at such a large insurer. He tells Cintia Cheong about the firm’s latest initiatives and how it is adapting to life under Solvency II
View from the Top: The next crisis, counter-cyclical business models and pro-cyclical valuations: What's to be done?
In this instalment, Tom Wilson, chief risk officer for Allianz, reviews the implications of a financial market correction for the industry and makes some recommendations on how risk, capital and value should be managed
Gen Re's Jules Constantinou: technology can make insurance more meaningful
Jules Constantinou, regional manager for life and health at GenRe UK and Ireland, and president-elect of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, vows to make insurance more meaningful to society. He tells Cintia Cheong how technology can help achieve that
The biggest barrier to actuarial system improvement is... actuaries?
As insurers prepare for another round of system adaptation and process review with the introduction of IFRS 17, Andries Beukes shares his experience in modernising actuarial systems and discusses what role actuaries have in the success – and failure – of transformation projects
Allianz's Wilcox: CRO role still in "teenager" phase
As Stephen Wilcox looks set to leave Allianz UK by the end of the summer, he reflects on how his role as CRO has developed over the last seven years alongside more recent regulatory and political frustrations. He spoke to Callum Tanner at Allianz's office in London.
Actuaries price themselves out of data science jobs
The skills needed in the ‘big data’ revolution closely match those held by actuaries, but well-qualified individuals are unlikely to find the sector financially attractive, as Cintia Cheong finds in her report on actuarial recruitment in the UK
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Market Insight
IFRS 17 and the challenges ahead
The new insurance contracts accounting standard brings a dramatic shift in accounting and actuarial practices, and insurers should be prepared for implementation challenges, as Kamran Foroughi explains
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Market Insight
High velocity risk management
A rapidly changing world produces rapidly emerging risks that can flummox even the most comprehensive of risk management frameworks. Neil Cantle proposes an approach to improving how insurers respond to today's threats...