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CRO in focus: Rob Anarfi

Antony Williams, UK managing director at Arthur, talks to Rob Anarfi, chief risk officer (CRO) at Beazley about leadership, managing the risk function and the cultural changes that need to happen in the London insurance market

Navigate a riskier world with smart investing

Tim Antonelli, Head of Insurance Multi-Asset Strategy and Portfolio Manager at Wellington Management, explains his outlook for the US economy, what it means for insurers' investment strategies, and how insurers can prepare for what comes next.

Liquidity optimisation for insurers: Building a bespoke portfolio solution

Access to cash and cash-equivalents has come into greater focus in the wake of recent market events and regulatory changes. Regulators around the world have been asking investors to hold more liquidity and/or placing greater emphasis on existing rules.

Sustainability in focus: Rachel Delhaise

Antony Williams, managing director at Arthur, talks to Rachel Delhaise about her role as group head of sustainability at Convex Insurance and how the sector can help build resilience and aid the low-carbon transition

Bridging the Gap: Opportunities in Short-Term Loans to Address Long-Term Affordability

Amid rising costs and competition, owners and developers seeking to establish affordability in the multifamily apartment space are turning to short-term bridge loans to secure financing, ensuring sustainability during the process of obtaining government-sponsored housing credits

10 Must-Have GRC Capabilities for Insurance Firms

Access this eBook from Camms to uncover 10 technology capabilities that every insurance firm should be using to streamline & automate their GRC processes.

Translating long-term climate scenarios to short-term market stresses

Climate scenarios have typically focused on long-term financial impacts. But are insurers missing exposures by being too narrow in their analysis? Moody's Analytics propose a modeling structure, to identify the material short-term market impacts.

Considering Climate Risk Uncertainty in Portfolio Construction

In the final article from a series of six on climate scenario modeling, Moody's Analytics compares scenarios for climate risk in investment portfolio construction.

IFRS 17 Essentials

Transition: MRA or FVA for recent new business?

Kurt Lambrechts discusses how insurers can use the modified retrospective approach (MRA) or a fair value approach (FVA) to help simplify their IFRS 17 implementation

Exploring the impacts of IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards on Insurers

Insurers are facing new requirements for sustainability-related disclosure that will prompt a review of their reporting processes and systems, as Barbara Jaworek explains

IFRS 17: Preparing for a more streamlined tomorrow, today

Matthieu Soulas and John Bowers reveal the main sticking points with IFRS 17 implementation and discuss strategies for a smooth completion
11 January 2021

A challenging year for insurers

IFRS 17 has been a significant hurdle facing the Insurance industry for almost four years now. However, 2020 saw the added challenges of a global pandemic, a faltering global economy and political uncertainty which added additional complications to an already challenged industry.
11 January 2021

IFRS 17 - The RNA Way

IFRS 17 is not just about day-to-day reporting; it also requires insurers to be proactive and have forward-looking systems in place that are fit for large volumes of calculations. This can represent a challenge for certain IT infrastructures, which are at risk of buckling under the computational pressure.

11 January 2021

Unpacking LRC and LIC Calculations for P&C Insurers

The new IFRS 17 insurance contracts accounting standard has created the need for a revised set of measurement, accounting, and reporting functionalities for insurers.
08 January 2020

Technology Perspectives from the IFRS 17 Journey

As the implementation deadline for IFRS 17 in 2022 draws ever nearer, the insurance industry is in the midst of preparing for the standard. However companies are at various stages of preparedness from having already started implementation to just preparing the gap analysis or selecting technology vendors.
08 January 2020

The march to IFRS 17 compliance

While it feels like IFRS 17 has been a part of the insurance conversation for quite some time, it was just over 18 months ago that FWD Group ("FWD") became one of the world's first insurers to select a technology solution to address the new standard. Since then, the insurance industry, vendor community, and the standard itself have evolved quite a bit.

Frontrunners

Optimising model capabilities

Moody's Analytics explains how its software and services can help insurers with their solvency monitoring, reporting and stress-testing requirements in Solvency II

Arming insurers for Solvency II and beyond

The pressures that Solvency II puts on risk and capital modelling are manifest: more information is required within shrinking deadlines, it has to be communicated better and it must be produced with more rigorous governance. FIS explains how its Prophet solution is helping actuaries and risk professionals deliver

A holistic approach

A multi-disciplinary approach is the key to good data management, says MBE, whose unique and innovative business structure has helped clients prepare for the stringent requirements of the Solvency II regime and beyond

Time to move forwards

Milliman's Neil Cantle explains how insurers have responded to Solvency II and how they can leverage their new skills to prosper in a fast-moving world