Archive

  • European supervisors set out to tackle conduct risk

    30 April 2015

    Keeping pace with digitisation a concern

  • Pension risk - the hidden dangers to insurers

    30 April 2015

    Pension scheme risk can be both material and tough to measure under Solvency II's still-developing rules. Tim Marklew and Tom Durkin consider how insurers are managing this risk and the pitfalls they face.

  • Axa Global Life uses cat bond to transfer €285m of mortality risk

    30 April 2015

    Five-year Benu Capital bond uses innovative trigger mechanism

  • Federal regulators pledge to preserve US system

    29 April 2015

    FIO and Fed emphasise distinction between US and global regulations

  • A sea-change in the perception of ERM

    28 April 2015

    Towers Watson's eighth biennial survey of insurers' attitudes towards enterprise risk management (ERM) has revealed that most now see it adding value to the business. Christopher Cundy reports

  • MetLife could slim down business to avoid Sifi regulation

    27 April 2015

    Credit Suisse sees insurer following the footsteps of General Electric

  • "Race to the bottom will kill internal models" – Bernardino

    24 April 2015

    Eiopa to develop indicators of ongoing appropriateness of internal models

  • Morgan Stanley downgrades European insurance sector

    24 April 2015

    Concerns grow about impact of low bond yields

  • Thomas Béhar and Andrew Smith named as IFoA honorary fellows

    23 April 2015

    Karel Goossens and Dave Pelletier also elected

  • Demystifying emerging risk

    23 April 2015

    The elusiveness and unpredictability of emerging risks can often discourage efforts to manage them. Adam Seager suggests a pathway through the wilderness