Analysis

• IFRS 17 Conference: what have we learned?

  12 March 2019

  The upcoming accounting standard for insurance contracts poses several challenges to the industry ranging from skills shortages to stakeholder engagement. On 27 February, experts convened at InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 Conference in London to discuss their approach to successful implementation. Cintia Cheong summarises the findings

  

• Standardised stress tests top the list of SFCR improvement measures

  05 March 2019

  Insurers have found Solvency II's public disclosure framework to be cumbersome and impractical, and stakeholders complain they're not getting what they need. Now regulators have committed to a review, David Walker asks what can be done to improve the solvency and financial condition report?

  

• Insurers rank their most dangerous risks for 2019

  28 February 2019

  Dave Ingram and Mark Mennemeyer discuss the results of their poll on which risks are considered most dangerous to insurers

  

• Don't postpone IFRS 17 deadline again, says Allianz

  26 February 2019

  Cintia Cheong asks Remo Cavegn, Allianz One.Finance programme director, about why the 2022 deadline should stay and how the German insurer is managing to stay ahead of the game

  

• Tunaru report into equity-release mortgages may be good news for insurers

  22 February 2019

  Radu Tunaru's research into how to value the no-negative equity guarantee contained within equity-release mortgages is sparking more debate about this major issue for UK life insurers. Christopher Cundy reports on the finding

  

• Proposed changes to IFRS 17 transitional arrangements "not far enough"

  20 February 2019

  David Wilson, IFRS 17 programme director at Aegon UK, tells Cintia Cheong what he thinks of the recently proposed amendments to the accounting standard, and how the company will achieve a consistent implementation while leveraging Solvency II processes

  

• Commission reveals scope of Solvency II reforms in 2020 advice request

  18 February 2019

  In its request for technical advice from Eiopa, the European Commission has given its strongest indication yet about where it might take Solvency II. Christopher Cundy shares his thoughts

  

• US cyber insurance: plugging-in to growth

  14 February 2019

  There are strong forecasts for growth in the cyber insurance markets, but insurers have obstacles to surmount if they are to be successful. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• "IFRS 17 is the most cross-function project we've ever had"

  11 February 2019

  Erich Kruschitz, head of group finance of Uniqa, tells Cintia Cheong about the challenges the company faces with the implementation of IFRS 17 and 9 accounting standards

  

• Australia raises its game on wildfire loss models

  08 February 2019

  Ten years ago, Australia suffered one of its worst outbreaks of bushfires that burned 300,000 hectares and took 173 lives. David Walker reports on how wildfire modelling has developed to cope with this increasing threat