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The future of terrorism risk insurance pools
29 March 2018Paul Walsh investigates how the terrorism pools are maintaining their relevance in the face of cyber threats and the changing nature of terrorist attacks
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How to get your Solvency II internal model approved
27 March 2018Ashish Kwatra and Jennifer (Kang) Khaleghy discuss the lessons learnt in applying for regulatory capital models and explain how to manage an effective model approval programme
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Systemic risk regulation 2.0
22 March 2018International regulators are revisiting the question of how to tackle systemic risk in the insurance sector, proposing an approach based around activities. Aggelos Andreou reports
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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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