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The ORSA gallops around the world
14 January 2014Common in concept, but implemented according to local taste, the own risk and solvency assessment (ORSA) has become a global tool for risk management and supervision. Eamonn Phelan and Padraic O'Malley document the spread of ORSA reporting
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Conning offers US insurers trade finance investments
14 January 2014NAIC recently approved trade finance as an investable asset
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German insurers fight "unreasonably high" Solvency II infrastructure capital charge
14 January 2014Unlisted renewables and infrastructure should have 20% capital charge, says GDV
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Capital standards and regulator relationships key issues for London market
13 January 2014International Underwriting Association identifies four challenges in 2014
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Mapfre joins CRO Forum
13 January 2014Spanish insurer becomes 10th associate member
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Panizza overhauls Generali's risk management
10 January 2014After some torrid years, Italian insurer Generali is undergoing a massive transformation aimed at restoring its profitability. Chief risk officer Sandro Panizza explains to Christopher Cundy how, one year into the job, he is changing the risk management function
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ING asset management head joins PineBridge
08 January 2014Stephan van Vliet will lead PineBridge's insurance business
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"Preparing for ORSA compliance will absorb substantial resources in 2014"
08 January 2014Guy Carpenter's Donald Mango, vice chairman for enterprise analytics, and Markus Muller, risk management advisor EMEA, share their predictions for 2014 and reflections on 2013
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RSA confident Irish problem limited to £200m
08 January 2014The insurer expects impact of claims and financial irregularities to meet earlier forecast
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ERM basics: Proxy techniques enable risk-based decision making
08 January 2014Proxy techniques, such as least squares Monte Carlo, allow faster analysis of risks and for many insurers they have become essential tools for aiding decision making, as Brian Robinson explains