Analysis

• IFRS 17: on the verge of another delay?

  25 September 2019

  Important EU stakeholders are calling for the insurance contracts accounting standard to be delayed once more. Cintia Cheong reports

  

• How insurers are thinking about sustainability

  24 September 2019

  In the first part of this two-part feature, Christopher Cundy and Paul Walsh ask seven primary insurers about their approach to sustainability and how they plan to improve their performance

  

• Swiss Re's Eric Schuh: reinsurers are disproportionately exposed to cyber risk market

  17 September 2019

  The global head of P&C solutions at Swiss Re tells Cintia Cheong about the company's approach to the cyber market and its insurtech strategy

  

• Hong Kong approaches transition to risk-based capital

  12 September 2019

  Hong Kong’s long-awaited risk-based capital (RBC) regime is beginning to take shape ahead of its planned implementation in 2022. Paul Walsh reports on the latest developments

  

• Wildfire scores, shake vouchers and robotics: reinsurers reveal tech plans at RVS

  10 September 2019

  Leveraging of technology dominates Rendez-vous de Septembre discussions, as Cintia Cheong reports

  

• The reinsurance business: time to bounce back?

  05 September 2019

  Reinsurance pricing has improved but analysts believe headwinds remain. Ahead of the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo, Cintia Cheong compares the views of credit rating agencies on the global market outlook

  

• Solvency II, IFRS 17, local GAAP, Basel IV... where is the consistency?

  03 September 2019

  For the health of the financial sector and for the good of European citizens, accounting and solvency regimes for insurance and banking must be aligned around the same valuation concept, argue Serge Moulin, Giulio Terzariol and Carsten Zielke

  

• Views of enterprise risk management in 2030

  29 August 2019

  Chief risk officers who want to participate in the strategy of their organisations will need to develop their vision for the future of the ERM function. Willis Towers Watson executives share their views on how risk management might evolve

  

• A passionate ambassador for risk management

  27 August 2019

  Socrates Coudounaris, executive director of risk (EMEA) at RGA, tells Ronan McCaughey how his risk team helps deliver the reinsurer’s strategy and what role innovation will play in the life re/insurance sector

  

• Long-term care insurance warning for US market

  22 August 2019

  A recent report on GE Capital's long-term care insurance (LTCI) exposure has triggered market concerns, with Fitch Ratings arguing LTCI products are among the riskiest marketed by US life insurers. Sarfraz Thind explains