Analysis

• Solvency II: what reforms can we expect?

  27 December 2018

  Christopher Cundy examines what will change with the two scheduled reviews of Solvency II and the other issues set to influence the EU's landmark insurance legislation

  

• The state of play in cyber risk modelling

  18 December 2018

  Sarfraz Thind talks to Jeremy Platt, US cyber specialty practice leader at Guy Carpenter, to get the broker's view on the latest developments in cyber risk management and modelling

  

• Eiopa's Gabriel Bernardino talks Brexit, Solvency II and sustainability

  07 December 2018

  The chair of Europe's insurance authority was interviewed by Christopher Cundy at the recent Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference. In this Q&A he discusses priorities for the year ahead and how Eiopa's powers are likely to grow

  

• Turning data into a differentiator

  29 November 2018

  Swiss Re Institute's head of insurance risk research, Dan Ryan, tells Ronan McCaughey how insurers can turn the wealth of data they currently hold into valuable insights, and an opportunity to differentiate themselves from their competitors

  

• Ten years old today

  28 November 2018

  Peter Field reflects on a decade of publishing a title that has its roots in Solvency II but has broadened its coverage to all aspects of risk management in insurance companies worldwide

  

• US-EU covered agreement: a rocky road to implementation

  27 November 2018

  US regulators have raised the ire of their European counterparts with their implementation of the covered agreement for reinsurance collateral negotiated last year. With no resolution in sight, states risk provoking a pre-emption of the law which could see the federal government taking control. US editor Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Supervisors get serious on innovation risk

  22 November 2018

  Insurers have plenty to gain from adopting robotics, AI and big data technologies, but supervisors want to see them managing the risks properly. Paul Walsh reports from the IAIS annual conference in Luxembourg

  

• Unipol's Marisa Parmigiani: "We want to make sure everything we do is sustainable"

  20 November 2018

  The sustainability manager of the Italian insurance group explains to Cintia Cheong their journey to create a sustainability policy for the company

  

• Rating agencies warn of insurtech bubble

  15 November 2018

  A glut of money has flowed into insurtech start-ups, raising concerns that investors are fuelling a bubble in the sector. The situation has also highlighted the challenge of defining “true” insurtech innovation. US editor Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Profit emergence under IFRS 17: The Variable Fee Approach

  13 November 2018

  Steven Morrison continues his series on profit emergence under IFRS 17 by considering financial risk and its impact on contracts with participation features – with a focus on the differences between the VFA and general measurement model, and the impact of risk mitigation