Roundtables
Smoothing the flow in illiquid assets
Illiquid assets have the potential to boost the yield and diversification of insurers' investments, but they are not a shoo-in to the portfolio, as discussed in part one of this InsuranceERM/Insurance Asset Risk and Standard Life Investments roundtable
Managing illiquid assets needs banking-like skills
In part two of this InsuranceERM/Insurance Asset Risk and Standard Life Investments roundtable on illiquid assets, experts discuss the management capabilities required and how the assets fit into Solvency II
Absolute return strategies
Absolute return: a silver bullet for the investment strategy?
Absolute return strategies seem an ideal response to low interest rates, volatile markets and Solvency II, but what are the associated challenges facing investors? Experts discuss in part one of this InsuranceERM/Insurance Asset Risk and Standard Life Investments roundtable
The modelling challenges in absolute return strategies
Absolute return strategies offer promising risk-adjusted returns and capital efficiencies, but do you need an internal model to gain the benefit and what other complexities are created? Experts discuss in part two of this InsuranceERM/Insurance Asset Risk and Standard Life Investments roundtable
Transformational change
Securing the buy-in for transformational change
Faced with huge pressure to overhaul their working practices, risk and actuarial departments have had to choose between transforming their systems and making incremental modifications. In the first part of this InsuranceERM and Milliman roundtable, industry experts discuss the challenges with the two approaches
Developing a vision for major change
In the second part of this InsuranceERM and Milliman roundtable on systems transformation, industry experts discuss how they define and manage a major systems refresh, how they deal with software vendors and the 'waterfall' and 'agile' approaches to development
Risk modelling
Managing risk in a commercial context
Risk management teams are taking on greater responsibility and having more commercial input, but what does this mean for organisational structures? And should risk always dance to the beat of the business? European risk leaders discuss these and other questions in the first part of this InsuranceERM and SunGard roundtable.
Where next for risk modelling: industrialisation or app store?
Many conversations around risk and capital modelling highlight the need to 'industrialise' processes. But is this 18th century concept appropriate for insurers in the 21st century? European experts discuss this and other risk management questions in the second part of this InsuranceERM and SunGard roundtable
Countdown to Solvency II
Walking the tightrope of Solvency II
As the Solvency II deadline ticks ever closer, insurers are anxiously awaiting for clarity to emerge on several important issues and fear that stalling by regulators could throw their preparation plans off track, as the participants in this InsuranceERM and Thomson Reuters Accelus roundtable discuss
Solvency II countdown: allocating actuarial resource
In the second part of the InsuranceERM and Thomson Reuters Accelus roundtable, insurers discuss their concerns over the matching adjustment, passing the 'use' test and challenging reporting timetables for pillar 3