Analysis

• Bidding farewell to Lime Street

  10 July 2014

  In his last media interview before departing to join Standard Life as CFO in August, Lloyd's director of finance and operations Luke Savage talks to InsuranceERM editor Marcus Alcock about the market's recent upgrade, outperforming its peers, and the final leg of preparations for Solvency II.

• Beleaguered German insurers off the hook for reserve sharing

  03 July 2014

  The government is looking at reforms to counteract the continuing low interest rate environment. Hugo Coelho investigates

• PRA ignores insurers on matching adjustment rules

  30 June 2014

  The UK's regulator has failed to clarify the rules for applying the matching adjustment, but has set out conditions for repackaging assets and is inviting firms to engage in a trial application. Hugo Coelho reports

• Data quality is not just about compliance

  25 June 2014

  Ensuring and maintaining data quality standards is a vital part of the process for validating internal model and standard formula calculations and for validating their use in decision-making. But there are many more issues to consider than mere regulatory compliance, as Dominic Rau explains

• Hedge funds bring risk and return to reinsurance business

  24 June 2014

  Hedge funds are changing the nature of reinsurance. The heavy emphasis on investment returns might serve them well in declining reinsurance markets, but there are risks involved with this approach. Sarfraz Thind reports

• Pushing for professionalism in risk management

  18 June 2014

  Risk managers are under growing pressure to prove their competencies with regulators and rating agencies, say Amlin's Alex Hindson and Aviva's José Morago. They talk to Christopher Cundy about how qualifications can help

• Capturing climate change in cat models

  17 June 2014

  According to Lloyd's, insurers should be including climate change in their catastrophe models. But with the uncertainties and differing timescales, it is not that simple in practice. Katie Kouchakji reports

• UK insurers substantially on track for ideal ORSA

  10 June 2014

  Many still see it as a burden rather than a benefit, says LCP's Catherine Drummond, and Lloyd's firms tend to be more negative about its usefulness. She talks to Christopher Cundy about the findings of a recent survey

• Insurance asset managers grapple with Solvency II challenges

  06 June 2014

  Solvency II will impact how insurers manage their assets, but the effects will depend on their size and the business mix. Christopher Cundy and Hardeep Dhillon report from InsuranceERM's Insurance Asset Risk conference

• Will Solvency II boost the growing life ILS market?

  30 May 2014

  Life insurance securitisation has made a comeback since 2008, albeit in a different form. With Solvency II rules predicted to push life companies to transfer risk off their books, participants hope life ILS could grow to rival cat bonds. Sarfraz Thind reports