Models

Analysis

30 December 2024

Eiopa's call for cross-border overhaul, and the path to a single EU supervisor

Challenges with supervising cross-border insurance sales has prompted the EU's insurance authority to demand greater powers. But could bigger events in Brussels overtake them? Christopher Cundy and Martin Assmann report
18 June 2024

The end of the road for matching adjustment reforms

The long journey to update the UK's version of the Solvency II matching adjustment is finally complete. Nick Ford summarises the implications of the changes and what's in store for life insurers
20 March 2024

How many insurers have Solvency II internal models?

David Walker and Christopher Cundy set about finding the answer in the EEA and UK markets
22 November 2023

Backtesting the Solvency II SCR: surprising findings and risk management implications

Ralf Korn and Gerhard Stahl discuss their novel investigation into the quality of Solvency II capital models and reveal a simple but powerful method for challenging model complexity
16 February 2023

Cyber risk: has the capital been hacked?

Simon Cartagena and Jasvir Grewal explain how insurers should be thinking about setting their cyber risk capital

News

  • Gjensidige wins approval for windstorm model in PIM

    17 November 2024

  • Swiss Re "thinks like a software company", proclaims CEO Andreas Berger

    12 November 2024

    Berger notes half of industry's secondary perils exposure only covered by models since 2019

  • Insurance chiefs say AI, scale and partnerships are key to navigating a risky new world

    03 October 2024

    Executives at Lloyd's, Scor and Axa discuss how re/insurers are preparing for the future

  • Howden to use Ultimate Risk Solutions' risk management suite

    08 August 2024

  • URS supplies risk modelling tech to Uzbekistan's leading insurer

    02 August 2024

  • ASR eyes €8bn of Dutch PRT business in next four years

    27 June 2024

    Estimates 40pp increase in solvency ratio from measures including internal model

  • Solvency UK reform expected to impact insurers' model governance most

    18 June 2024

    Results from Grant Thornton's 2024 general insurance capital modelling survey

  • Ten steps to help win an InsuranceERM Award

    05 March 2024

  • PRA finalises internal model and threshold changes to Solvency UK

    28 February 2024

    Changes include clarifications on use of capital add-ons, and a higher threshold for applying solvency regime

  • Eiopa's internal model diversification study finds "sizeable" differences in capital impacts

    26 January 2024

    The authority analysed outputs from nearly 100 internal models

  • Eiopa internal models study finds problems with premium risk modelling

    04 January 2024

    EU watchdog compared how 75 insurers' models treat non-life underwriting risk

  • General insurers "too optimistic" in internal models, says UK regulator

    11 December 2023

    Prudential Regulation Authority announces findings from thematic review

  • "Significant potential risks" in funded reinsurance require new rules, says PRA [UPDATED]

    16 November 2023

    UK's Prudential Regulation Authority consults on expectations around use of such contracts

  • Phoenix upgrades cash generation targets following Part VII transfer

    13 November 2023

    Shares in UK life insurer soars upon news

  • Loss given default for trade credit insurers improves slightly

    19 October 2023

    ICISA and Versicherungsforen Leipzig study puts figure at 6.8% for 2017-19

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