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IFRS 17 confidence level disclosure: ultimate run-off vs one year
16 November 2020Cintia Cheong explores why insurers face a tricky choice between the two different time horizons for the confidence level disclosure of the IFRS 17 risk adjustment
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IFRS 17's neglected questions: the risk adjustment and confidence levels
14 September 2020Andries Beukes discusses with Cintia Cheong the findings of an investigation into how insurers are planning to calculate their IFRS 17 risk adjustment and confidence level
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Immo Querner to leave Talanx after 14 years as CFO
02 June 2020Jan Wicke will replace Querner at the German insurer
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Is PAA the IFRS 17 shortcut insurers have been looking for?
11 March 2020Complying with the IFRS 17 insurance contracts accounting standard is hard work, especially for firms writing long-term contracts. Pamela Hellig discusses the potential for the premium allocation approach to relieve the pressure
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IAIS Abu Dhabi: compromise on global capital standard keeps process on track
14 November 2019Paul Walsh summarises the reaction to today’s agreements that keep the Insurance Capital Standard on track, but not without objections from Canada and questions about US comparability
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IFRS 17: implementation update
25 June 2019Two years into IFRS 17 preparations, four directors at consultancy Muller Beukes Edvardsen share their thoughts on how far insurers are on the road to implementation
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German life insurers relish €4.5bn-plus saving on ZZR contributions
14 May 2019The revised methodology for calculating Germany's special interest rate reserves is saving billions for the country's life insurers. David Walker reports
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How to sell an IFRS 17 lemon
29 January 2019Andries Beukes and Pamela Hellig explains why a fair value loss component is improbable but not impossible under IFRS 17
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Kerala floods set to hit insurers for over $140m
24 August 2018The monsoon is the worst to hit the state since 1924
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Indian monsoon floods set to cost up to $3bn
20 August 2018Insured losses may also be substantial