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2013: the ERM challenges ahead
08 January 2013Leading consultants and CROs say getting the most out of Solvency II implementation will be a big challenge for 2013, but other aspects of ERM will reappear on the agenda, as will the necessity of keeping ERM at the heart of business. Here is a compilation of responses to the questions InsuranceERM asked experts just before Christmas
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Governments must think like insurers in face of rising risks
08 January 2013Should transfer risks to capital markets, says WEF
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Regulators and industry carp at IAIS over G-SIIs
08 January 2013Proposals need "substantial refinement", says BaFin
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IIS names Woodring as next chairman
04 January 2013RGA chief will replace Norman Sorensen
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Extracting the real value from Solvency II
27 December 2012Insurers will want to move Solvency II development work out of the laboratory, says Guy Carpenter's Andrew Cox
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Australia beats Europe on regulatory overhaul
21 December 2012Australia has succeeded where Europe has seemingly failed by implementing new solvency capital regulations for insurers in three years – with relatively few delays. The standards will be implemented on 1 January 2013 and follow a broadly similar approach to Solvency II. Lorna Davies reports
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US nat cats dominate 2012 losses
19 December 2012Swiss Re study predicts $65bn of industry losses this year
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Conning launches v6.0 of ERM software
18 December 2012Adds FIRM portfolio analysis tool
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Capital requirements for G-SIIs should be "last resort"
18 December 2012Insurance Europe and IIF respond to consultation on systemically risky insurers
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Typhoon Haiku causes $230m insured losses
21 August 2012"Urgent need" for more natural catastrophe coverage in China