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  • Insurers use home languages for their SFCRs - but Latin was a mistake

    22 May 2017

    Two published solvency and financial condition reports (SFCRs) contained dummy text in Latin

  • Allianz increases ZZR by €1.6bn in Q1

    12 May 2017

    Uses realised gains on bond portfolio, beating operating profits expectations by 15%

  • Allianz signs up with Praedicat to identify liability risks

    11 May 2017

    Forward-looking modelling an opportunity to manage emerging risks and find business opportunities, says German insurer

  • The new additions to InsuranceERM's Most Influential list

    04 May 2017

    Nine executives recognised for their work on risk and capital management, Brexit and Solvency II

  • View from the Top: The CRO and risk team of the future

    04 April 2017

    The skills of an effective risk function have evolved over the past decades due to regulatory change and financial innovation. Looking forward, the role of risk once again sits on the brink of uncertain development driven not only by regulatory change but also the threat of digital disruption, as Tom Wilson explains

  • Telling the solvency story

    30 March 2017

    The Solvency II solvency and financial condition report (SFCR) is causing consternation among insurers. How do participants balance the requirements of disclosure with confidentiality, or interpret this most loose fitting of regulatory diktats? With the first set of reports already published, the answer seems to be, not very happily. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • XL Catlin becomes latest partner to London insurtech accelerator

    20 March 2017

    The firm joins at least one-dozen European insurers

  • Insurers split on recovery and resolution planning

    16 March 2017

    As the IAIS looks to develop a market-wide approach to systemic risk, Eiopa is developing rules that will require recovery and resolution plans from all insurers regardless of their size. This broader approach to systemic risk has split industry opinion and pitted large firms against small. Callum Tanner reports

  • Allianz hit by Indonesia protectionism

    03 March 2017

    Allianz Life Indonesia may need to sell stake to local investors

  • Ogden rate battle: insurers will be consulted on review

    01 March 2017

    Discount rate needs to be fair, say Hammond and ABI