• A capital management toolkit for life re/insurers

  By Luca Tres, Paul Fulcher | 15 May 2019

  With increased pressure on the industry, now is an ideal time for insurers to incorporate innovative Solvency II capital optimisation techniques into their planning.

• South Africa: Insurance licence conversion update

  By David Kirk | 14 May 2019

  The Prudential Authority has adopted a phased approach to implementing the new Insurance Act, 2017.

• How autonomous driving features rank against human drivers

  By Sheri Lee Scott | 13 May 2019

  This paper provides a statistical framework to study whether—and by how much—an autonomous car drives better than a human being.

• Critical Point Episode 12: Could cyber risk be the next “Big Short”?

  By Chris Beck, Chris Harner | 13 May 2019

  A cyberattack has the potential to disrupt the world economy, but a new risk management paradigm can help protect against vulnerabilities for insurers and businesses.

• Underwriting income continues to decline, with faint signs of a firming market on the horizon

  By Susan J. Forray, Chad C. Karls | 13 May 2019

  The medical professional liability industry’s long-term trend of declining frequency appears to have ended several years ago.

• Consolidation of Indian life insurance industry – to be or not to be?

  By Sanket Kawatkar, Heerak Basu | 13 May 2019

  With a strong macro-economic outlook for the Indian economy, the young population, the large emerging middle class with high savings potential and the low penetration of life insurance business, the longer term outlook for the Indian life insurance industry continues to be positive.

• Part 3: Long-term investment and updates to the Delegated Regulation

  By Karl Murray, Eamonn Phelan | 13 May 2019

  In the third and final edition, we analyse elements of the Standard Formula review that took place across 2018 with the EC publishing its final amendments to the Delegated Regulations in March 2019.

• Climate change is making Americans anxious. Insurers can help.

  By Nancy P. Watkins, Elias Braunstein | 09 May 2019

  As the impact of extreme weather on communities increases, consumers are turning to media and the internet to learn how to protect their families, homes, and property, and insurers can play an active role in educating these consumers.

• Wading into the private insurance market

  By John W. Rollins | 09 May 2019

  This articles explores some questions and challenges for aspiring U.S. private flood insurers.

• A quantum leap in benchmarking PC risk margins under Solvency II

  By Mark R. Shapland | 07 May 2019

  Since the advent of Solvency II, insurers are faced with a number of challenges that can have a potential impact on determining the economic value of their liabilities.

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