Archive

  • IFRS 17 risk adjustment and confidence level challenges remain

    28 November 2022

    Andries Beukes says interpretation of the accounting standard varies by auditor

  • Baby steps, not big changes, for successful actuarial transformation

    22 March 2022

    MBE discusses with Cintia Cheong what insurers need to do to improve their actuarial performance using its proprietary methodology to guide insurers through major transformation projects

  • MBE identifies six aspects to enhancing actuarial performance

    23 July 2021

    Consultancy launches framework to assess insurers' actuarial capabilities

  • How much is IFRS 17 costing the insurance industry?

    19 May 2021

    Insurers are 19 months away from having to implement the new contract accounting standard and it is already costing them more than anticipated. Cintia Cheong finds out why

  • IFRS 17 confidence level disclosure: ultimate run-off vs one year

    16 November 2020

    Cintia 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

  • IFRS 17's neglected questions: the risk adjustment and confidence levels

    14 September 2020

    Andries 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

  • IFRS 17: implementation update

    25 June 2019

    Two 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

  • How to sell an IFRS 17 lemon

    29 January 2019

    Andries Beukes and Pamela Hellig explains why a fair value loss component is improbable but not impossible under IFRS 17

  • Actuarial and recruitment consultancies join forces for Italian endeavour

    17 April 2018

    Milan base for the new business

  • The biggest barrier to actuarial system improvement is... actuaries?

    27 July 2017

    As insurers prepare for another round of system adaptation and process review with the introduction of IFRS 17, Andries Beukes shares his experience in modernising actuarial systems and discusses what role actuaries have in the success – and failure – of transformation projects