Justin Elks, managing director and UK enterprise risk management and insurance lead at Crowe, explains how the risk consultancy is helping insurers to prepare for digital transformation, assess their operational resilience and embrace change
Martin Sarjeant, head of insurance risk solutions management and strategy at FIS, explains how the financial technology provider's agile strategy enables it to stay ahead of regulatory regimes such as IFRS 17 and LDTI and help insurers achieve their goals
RPC Consulting's financial modelling platform, Tyche, delivers the speed, functionality and open integration that insurers need, according to the software solution provider's managing partner, Alun Marriott
Neil Chapman, senior director of insurance, consulting and technology at Willis Towers Watson, discusses how analytics is impacting the insurance sector and how the provider is continuing to develop its machine learning and artificial intelligence tools
Colin Holmes, managing director at Moody's Analytics, explains how the solutions provider can help insurers get the most value from implementing the IFRS accounting standard for insurance contracts
Ogie Sheehy, chief executive and founder of Ireland-based governance, risk and compliance (GRC) technology provider, ViClarity, explains why there is an increasing focus on operational resilience, and how technology offers insurers an effective solution
Colin Holmes, managing director at Moody's Analytics, discusses how the large-scale computing power of its AXIS actuarial system can help insurers rapidly generate answers for a multitude of challenges
Craig Hattabaugh, CEO of Cimcon Software, speaks about how firms continue to struggle with adequately controlling the risks associated with spreadsheets and other end-user applications.
20 February 2018
Daniel Finn, a director at Conning, discusses how the firm's historical stress testing and scenario analysis is helping to change how the insurance industry understands risk
20 February 2018
Martin Sarjeant, global solutions leader for insurance at FIS, discusses how new regulations, standards and technologies are changing the way insurers think about their actuarial processes.
20 February 2018
Antoine Bourdais, Director of the Banking and Insurance Division at Invoke, discusses the evolution of regulatory reporting and how the focus is moving to the qualitative elements
20 February 2018
Colin Holmes, Managing Director, Insurance Solutions, discusses how Moody's Analytics is helping insurance firms address Solvency II requirements and improve stress and scenario analyses
20 February 2018
Emma McWilliam, life and financial services leader and partner at Hymans Robertson LLP, talks about how risk management in insurers is evolving.
20 February 2018
As the implementation deadline for IFRS 17 in 2022 draws ever nearer, the insurance industry is in the midst of preparing for the standard. However companies are at various stages of preparedness from having already started implementation to just preparing the gap analysis or selecting technology vendors.
8 January 2020
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While it feels like IFRS 17 has been a part of the insurance conversation for quite some time, it was just over 18 months ago that FWD Group ("FWD") became one of the world's first insurers to select a technology solution to address the new standard. Since then, the insurance industry, vendor community, and the standard itself have evolved quite a bit.
8 January 2020
Under IFRS 17, insurers are required to discount the value of their liabilities using a discount curve that reflects the cash flows and liquidity of those liabilities. The standard does not prescribe the method by which this discount curve is calculated, but does offer general principles for constructing a curve by either a "bottom-up" or "top-down" method.
8 January 2020
Over recent months, there has been growing pressure on the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to push back the introduction of the IFRS 17 accounting standard for insurance contracts. Now, with the board voting to delay the implementation date until 1 January 2022, how can you use the deferment to your advantage – and gain additional business value from compliance? With practical advice and firsthand insights, follow FIS' guide to getting more from IFRS 17 by transforming your operations.
2 January 2019
Implementing the IFRS 17 reporting standard means insurers will need to contend with multiple data sources, large data volumes and intensive calculations. Consequently, as IBM explains, insurance providers will require platforms built for performance, scalability and ease of data integration. Andrew Dansereau, PhD, FSA, CFA; Paolo Laureti, PhD; Stephen Wang, MEng, FRM explain
2 January 2019
2018 has been a year of mobilisation within the industry, as Insurers across the world continue to build momentum in developing their plans to comply with the regulatory changes and processing challenges of IFRS 17.
2 January 2019
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5 October 2020
What are the strongest drivers for future FCG? And what are the main risks that diminish this ability? How beneficial is the current and projected business and investment strategy from the perspective of FCG?
13 March 2020
A series of revolutionary innovations, from radar to lasers, solar cells to communications satellites, started at Bell Labs.
2 December 2019
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A best practice case study for insurance companies to strengthen the understanding of balance sheet dynamics with fast and accurate what-if analysis to weather any upcoming stress situation.
28 October 2019
Physical assets, particularly infrastructure and real estate, have a critical role to play in facilitating the transition towards a more sustainable economy and a greener world.
27 August 2019
Insurance companies must continue to build diverse workforces and create inclusive cultures. Patricia Renzi explains how real progress can be made by aggressively changing the culture and taking a multi-faceted approach
1 January 2019
Moody's Analytics explains how its software and services can help insurers with their solvency monitoring, reporting and stress-testing requirements in Solvency II
8 January 2016
The pressures that Solvency II puts on risk and capital modelling are manifest: more information is required within shrinking deadlines, it has to be communicated better and it must be produced with more rigorous governance. FIS explains how its Prophet solution is helping actuaries and risk professionals deliver
8 January 2016
A multi-disciplinary approach is the key to good data management, says MBE, whose unique and innovative business structure has helped clients prepare for the stringent requirements of the Solvency II regime and beyond
8 January 2016
Milliman's Neil Cantle explains how insurers have responded to Solvency II and how they can leverage their new skills to prosper in a fast-moving world
8 January 2016
To submit Solvency II data to supervisors, insurers must get to grips with XBRL and automated data handling. In this article, DataTracks explains its approach
8 January 2016