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'Extremely disappointing' results in emerging markets lead QBE to major staff reshuffle
Chilean floods, property and marine losses in Asia and cat claims in Latin America troubled QBE
Fidelis CRO promoted to board level
Charles Mathias replaces group CFO
Deloitte actuary fined and reprimanded for misconduct
James Rakow was ‘not in position’ to give actuarial opinion, says FRC
Former Zurich MD becomes adviser to insurtech Cytora
Richard Coleman to help Cytora expand its commercial risk data analytics
Pioneer appoints head of cat risk and exposure management
Anand Hari joins from Faraday
Tom Hettinger to lead Guy Carpenter's North American advisory
Fidelis promotes Ian Turner to chief actuary role
Brian Ingle to lead analytics for Willis Re North America
PartnerRe CRO Marvin Pestcoe to retire
Humana hires Deshpande into new CRO role
Axis hires data analytics chief
WTW hires capital modelling expert
Analysis
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
Lessons from the actuarial archives
Craig Turnbull took a casual journey into the actuarial chronicles and found himself writing a book about what he found. He talks to Christopher Cundy about the greatest thinkers and the biggest controversies in 350 years of actuarial history
Direct Line's José Vazquez: navigating the digital world
Direct Line's chief risk officer José Vazquez discusses how his risk team has evolved and how it is organising to respond to threats such as digitalisation, big data and driverless cars, with Christopher Cundy
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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...