Christopher Cundy

• Reinsurers and brokers steeled for "post-convergence" markets

  10 September 2013

  The rise of alternative capital has been the talking point at this year's reinsurance Rendez-vous in Monte Carlo. The $45bn currently in play could double in next three years, but what will be the effect on pricing and how reinsurers and brokers operate? Christopher Cundy reports

• Managing risk through a corporate acquisition spree

  23 August 2013

  As CRO of Australia's QBE, George Thwaites has extensive experience in this area - first when the firm's takeovers were at their height and now as a tough restructuring programme and strategic rethink are being implemented. He tells Christopher Cundy about the systems and cultural challenges involved

• Brazil awaits impact from market risk model

  16 August 2013

  Insurers in Brazil are awaiting the outcome of tests on a new model for calculating capital requirements for market risk - the latest step in the country's gradual move towards a Solvency II-style regime. Christopher Cundy reports

• Insurers urge no reporting in Solvency II's preparation phase

  24 July 2013

  Responses to Eiopa's consultation on the 2014-2016 preparation phase for Solvency II have come back with a strong message that the reporting is too burdensome and the ORSA should be stripped of its quantitative elements. Christopher Cundy reports

• Nine global systemically important insurers named

  19 July 2013

  The Financial Stability Board's designation of systemically risky insurers has brought howls of protest from the industry, but the impact on the nine firms is not easy to gauge. Christopher Cundy reports

• Emerging risks test re/insurers' monitoring systems

  28 June 2013

  In an ever more complex, interconnected and fast-moving world, the task of spotting the emerging risks that could have critical impacts on insurance companies is becoming harder. Christopher Cundy reports on how firms are tackling the issue

• Industry digests impact of LTGA

  18 June 2013

  The insurance industry has had barely three days to consider the report from Eiopa on the long-term guarantees assessment, but it's long enough for experts to have identified several problems and for lobby group Insurance Europe to express its disappointment at the latest proposals on Solvency II. Christopher Cundy reports

• Actuaries' varying roles highlighted by Fulcher careers

  28 May 2013

  Paul and Graham Fulcher between them have worked in life, general insurance, reinsurance and investment banking firms, evidence of the transferability of actuarial skills, as well as different career paths. But neither of the twins is a fan of Solvency II, as Chris Cundy finds out

• Asia solvency reforms - part 2

  17 May 2013

  In the second part of our feature on the developments of Asian regulatory regimes for insurers, Lorna Davies and Chris Cundy look in to solvency reforms in Malaysia, Japan and Thailand

• Delivering on pillar 3 reporting

  26 April 2013

  The reporting element of Solvency II has been brought back into insurers' minds by recent regulatory developments. In a SAS/InsuranceERM webinar, HSBC UK and Gjensidige explained how they are going about it. Christopher Cundy reports