- Year-End 2018 Actuarial Function: What's new
By Aisling Barrett, Eoin King | 15 February 2019
This briefing note highlights what’s new for actuarial functions in Ireland to consider at year-end 2018.
- Recommendations for developing a Stress and Scenario Testing framework
By Emma Hutchinson, Fred Vosvenieks | 15 February 2019
This note provides high-level recommendations for insurance companies when developing or enhancing their Stress and Scenario Testing framework.
- Student loans and regulation: A bumpy ride for borrowers
By Leighton A. Hunley, Katherine A. Pipkorn | 13 February 2019
Student loans now account for 10.7% of overall household debt, though a decade ago they accounted for less than 5%.
- Analysis of life insurers’ second set of Solvency and Financial Condition Reports: European and UK life insurers
By Neil Christy, Stuart Reynolds, William Smith | 12 February 2019
This analysis of the European life insurance market covers 600 companies from 31 countries and one territory, representing approximately £612 billion (€691 billion) of Gross Written Premium and approximately £6,508 billion (€7,302 billion) of gross Technical Provisions.
- Industry body part coding is wrong - Part 1: Multiple body parts
By Michael Paczolt, William Torres | 11 February 2019
Multiple body part claims can be translated into specific combinations of body parts by extracting data from unstructured data using text mining algorithms.
- Analysis of Belgian insurers’ Solvency and Financial Condition Reports: Year-end 2017
By Nicholas Batens, Peter Franken, Wouter van Goudoever, Kurt Lambrechts, Moussa Ouédraogo, Rens IJsendijk | 11 February 2019
This report provides a summary of Solvency and Financial Condition Reports and the main players in the Belgian market for both life and non-life undertakings.
- Issues affecting unit-linked insurance business
By Claire Booth, Thomas Bulpitt, Neil Christy, Emma Hutchinson, Marie-Lise Tassoni | 11 February 2019
This paper summarises a number of the most material developments affecting unit-linked insurance business that occurred during 2018 and which remain areas of ongoing focus.
- Indonesia Life Insurance Newsletter, February 2019
By Brian Colgan, David Kong, Halim Gunawan, Richard W. Holloway | 08 February 2019
Developments in the Indonesian life insurance industry from 1 October 2018 to 31 December 2018.
- Analysis of insurers’ Solvency and Financial Condition Reports
By Joanne Buckle, Tanya Hayward, Kevin Manning, Judith Houtepen, Ankush Aggarwal, Kishan Desai | 07 February 2019
This analysis compares information provided in the Qualitative Reporting Templates and the Solvency and Financial Condition Reports and draws conclusions about the balance sheets and risk exposures of European health insurers.
- Spotlight to shine on U.S. actuaries in the role of Independent Expert for legacy liabilities
By Stephen R. DiCenso, Thomas A. Ryan | 06 February 2019
Insurance business transfers will provide a revolutionary new tool to any entity with U.S. run-off liabilities, and actuaries are ideally suited to play the key role of Independent Expert.