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Myth-busting the demise of commercial property insurance
13 March 2018The value of companies today is based more in intangible assets than ever before. So should commercial property insurers be worried about the future of their business? Tim Freestone delves into the data to reveal a surprising answer
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Axa's Buberl defends takeover of XL
06 March 2018Axa's share price dropped almost 10% following the announcement of its plan to acquire XL Group. Aggelos Andreou reports on the rationale behind the deal
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Insurers make 'short work' of SFCR internal model disclosures
27 February 2018David Walker compares how firms describe internal models in their solvency and financial condition reports and considers how the practice may evolve
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Risk and actuarial recruitment: boom time again
22 February 2018Wages in actuarial and risk management roles are going up, in large part because of the opportunities created by IFRS 17, the new insurance contracts accounting standard. Cintia Cheong reports
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IDD delay greeted with mixed reactions
15 February 2018Insurers have welcomed the European Commission's proposal to delay implementation of the Insurance Distribution Directive, but not all national regulators are towing the line. Aggelos Andreou reports
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SFCRs: delivering the goods in round two
13 February 2018An early financial year-end makes life and health insurer Vitality one of the first major EU insurers to deliver its annual solvency and financial condition report. David Walker discusses what's changed and how other underwriters may evolve their SFCRs in the second year of reporting
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Axa's Christian Thimann: EU's sustainability drive directly linked to Solvency II reform
08 February 2018The chair of the European Commission's expert group on sustainable finance talks to Paul Walsh about the group's recommendations – and how they are intrinsically linked with Solvency II.
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The long-term impacts of 2017's natural catastrophes
06 February 2018Following the devastation caused by hurricanes and wildfires last year, Paul Walsh asks the industry what the lessons are for insurers and risk modellers
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The PRA's David Rule on Brexit, the risk margin and the regulator's hotspots for supervision in 2018
31 January 2018The UK's executive director for insurance supervision talks to Christopher Cundy about how the Prudential Regulation Authority is approaching Brexit and reveals the latest views on reforming the risk margin
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Zurich's Alison Martin: economic risk should be higher up the agenda
23 January 2018Following the publication of the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report, Christopher Cundy spoke with Zurich's chief risk officer Alison Martin to discuss the findings and reflect on the implications for risk managers
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