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News
InsuranceERM's Technology Guide 2020-21 is launched and ready to use
The directory covers over 100 products used by insurers for risk, capital and asset management
COMMENT: Internal model change makes a comeback
Lloyd's has an internal model, so why did it have to introduce a capital add-on? Christopher Cundy finds the answer lies in the complexities of the internal model change process
Lloyd's solvency slumps as capital add-on introduced
Market expects to pay £5bn in Covid-19-related claims
COMMENT: Preparing for a long cold winter
Some European insurers are holding less capital now than at the start of the year - and that's not a good look, says Christopher Cundy
Stop imposing blanket bans on dividends, say European insurers
Insurance Europe calls for regulatory support for digitalisation
COMMENT: French life insurers and their €37bn Christmas present
Christopher Cundy and Cherise Veerasawmy discover the huge benefits from a change to French financial law at the end of last year
Insurance Risk Data adds reports from Swiss and Bermudian insurers
The database features European insurers' financial and regulatory filings, including Lloyd's syndicates
EU insurers' macro risk remains "very high"
Eiopa anticipates further drop in insurers' solvency ratios
Hannover Re CFO Roland Vogel to retire
Clemens Jungsthöfel from HDI Global will take over the role
Eiopa releases Solvency II single rulebook
The rulebook will be expanded in future by adding questions and answers
Analysis
The FSB and effective resolution: why it should matter to you
Insurers can come up with many reasons to put resolution planning at the bottom of their list of priorities. Carlos Montalvo explains why they should not
The cloud is a silver lining amid Covid-19
Covid-19 has put to bed any doubts about the use of cloud technology for risk and capital management. The pandemic will also drive more sophisticated risk modelling, as Ronan McCaughey discusses in his review of key trends in the risk software markets
Solvency II interest rate risk: a floor to cure the flaw
Eiopa's stakeholder group has proposed an alternative solution to what it sees as a flawed proposal to reform the interest rate risk module. Christopher Cundy reports
Covid-19's consequences for solvency, stress and scenario testing
What lessons have been learned from the solvency risks created by the pandemic? Three experts discuss with Christopher Cundy the reactions from insurers and supervisors, and the implications for future regulation
AIG Life's playbook for Covid-19
Ruth Middleton, AIG Life's chief risk officer, and Debbie Bolton, chief underwriter and head of customer operations at the UK life insurer, tell Ronan McCaughey how the provider has adapted to Covid-19 and reveal their post-pandemic outlook
How Covid-19 is changing the UK's prudential supervision
At a recent webinar organised by the Association of British Insurers, experts discussed what Covid-19 and Brexit might mean for the future direction of UK prudential regulation. Cintia Cheong reports