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Innovative risk modelling key to tackling emerging technology risks
17 October 2017The World Economic Forum has called for urgent innovation in risk modelling and said rapid global collaboration is crucial to dealing with the risks from new technology. David Walker reports
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View from the Top: The next crisis, counter-cyclical business models and pro-cyclical valuations: What's to be done?
12 October 2017In this instalment, Tom Wilson, chief risk officer for Allianz, reviews the implications of a financial market correction for the industry and makes some recommendations on how risk, capital and value should be managed
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UK insurers play it cool on Part VII transfers
03 October 2017Brexit is expected to cause a rush of requests to transfer insurance contracts between businesses. But so far, there has not been a deluge of Part VII applications. Paul Walsh reports
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BaFin pulls no punches in explaining Orsa shortcomings
21 September 2017Germany's regulator has said insurers must improve virtually all aspects of their Orsa reporting for 2018. David Walker reports
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Where next for economic scenario generators?
14 September 2017Insurers have for decades relied on economic scenario generators (ESGs) in their risk modelling, asset management and business steering. Christopher Cundy investigates what the next big developments might be in this important piece of modelling software
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Insurers struggle to interpret GDPR
12 September 2017The upcoming EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to all companies with personal records, but there are certain aspects insurers are finding particularly difficult. Cintia Cheong reports
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The rise and fall of valuation methodologies
31 August 2017The arrival of Solvency II and revised guidance on embedded value methodologies has led to changes in the financial metrics that European insurers report – and not all of them are welcome. David Walker reports
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Defining company culture in five questions
24 August 2017An 'inappropriate culture' often takes the blame for all kinds of corporate misdemeanour, but judging the culture and correcting the failings can challenge the best of firms. Paul Harwood suggests a strategy to help management get it right
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Reinsuring Africa in a soft market: One Re CRO
17 August 2017The young reinsurer One Re is somewhat of a specialist, focusing as it does on non-life risks facing clients in Africa. But its chief risk officer Ross McGee tells David Walker that the challenges remain the same, including reporting challenges under Solvency II, soft markets, and risk models.
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ICS version 1.0 inspires little faith in IAIS timetable
15 August 2017Despite the IAIS heralding the launch of insurance capital standard version 1.0, insurers say it has achieved a lot less than originally promised. Is it time to scale back ambitions for version 2.0? Callum Tanner reports
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