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Group seeks to expose the "risk elephants" in the room
12 November 2013Additional volunteers sought for UK actuarial working party
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Benchmarking the internal capital model
07 November 2013Aon Benfield polled almost 100 users of its ReMetrica capital modelling software to compare how often they ran their internal models, their speed of processing, the number of people involved – and a host of other interesting questions. Jason Noronha and Wing Lam present the results
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Caution: capital models at work
06 November 2013The prospect of Solvency II led many insurers to spend millions building internal capital models and the time has come to make them work for the business. But basing strategy on a tool that has been developed primarily with compliance in mind is not without risk, as Rob Collinson explains
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German life insurers face losses if interest rates remain low
24 October 2013Mismatched assets and liabilities and high guarantees leave sector vulnerable, says Moody's
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The technologies reshaping insurance
18 October 2013The insurance industry doesn't often evoke science fiction. But recent technological advances have been so drastic they could have leapt from the pages of Isaac Asimov. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Chesnara acquires Direct Line's closed life business
08 October 2013Direct Line looking at opportunities to sell new life products
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Lloyd's Savage highlights benefits of Solvency II readiness
02 October 2013Luke Savage, director of finance and operations at Lloyd's, tells InsuranceERM about the market's reaction to low investment yields, its capital management plans, how it could yet be designated "systemically risky" - and why it's disbanded its Solvency II team.
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Life insurers struggle to grow business
30 September 2013Persistent low bond yields may lead to run-off and insolvency, says Linklaters survey
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Irish regulator scolds variable annuity firms for risky strategies
26 September 2013Unprecedented low interest rates pose great risks, warns CBI director
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Why HR should be in your risk culture club
20 September 2013Who are the custodians of an organisation's risk culture and how can meaningful change be embedded? BaxterBruce's Jon Linturn explains.