Market Insight

• Inside the Solvency II engine room

  As the EU's new regulatory regime settles in, Milliman's Oliver Gillespie observes insurers facing greater uncertainty about their actions, confusion among investors and more volatility in their balance sheets

  

• Internal models - the next wave

  Brian Robinson of Moody's Analytics spells out the opportunity for the next wave of internal model applicants

  

• Enhancing business decisions

  Tapping the opportunities created by advances in risk management may not be as difficult as some think, as Marcus Bowser and Kirsty Leece explain

  

• The reality of industrialisation

  The benefits of streamlining and automating actuarial processes are evident in this recent case study, as Joel Fox explains

  

• A stamp of approval

  Towers Watson's eighth global ERM survey has revealed startling progress in attitudes towards risk management and in the frameworks that insurers have implemented. But as Mike Wilkinson explains, there is still work to do

  

• Analysing your way to a digital advantage

  The digital era presents a golden opportunity to engage with customers – and insurers should ensure they are not left behind, says David Ovenden, Insurance Management Consultancy Leader, Towers Watson

  

• Data: it's a question of confidence

  Information is at the heart of effective risk and capital management, so making sure data solutions are robust is a necessity for modern insurers, as MBE's Andries Beukes explains

  

• Solvency II - Are you ready for challenges?

  The first round of mandatory reporting under Solvency II will soon begin. For some insurers that might be the last wake-up call to advance...

  

• Don't pigeonhole a CRO

  Carsten Hoffmann, a director at Towers Watson, explains why tomorrow's chief risk officers must be more engaged with the actual business and prove their worth as strategic advisers, rather than just worrying about risk frameworks and regulatory compliance.

  

• Preparing for the Go-Live of Solvency II

  A discussion with Patrick Maeder and Maciej Piechocki of BearingPoint regarding the preparedness of insurers and regulators for the Going-Live of Solvency II