- A review of Casey Cep’s book, Furious Hours
By Daniel D. Skwire | 30 July 2019
Dan Skwire reviews Casey Cep’s Furious Hours, which begins with the story of Willie Maxwell, an Alabama preacher whose relatives tended to die mysteriously months after he purchased large amounts of insurance on their lives.
- Review of Year End 2018 SFCRs: Sample of Life Insurers based in Ireland
By Daniel McAleese, Sinéad Clarke | 24 July 2019
This briefing note looks at the Year End 2018 Solvency and Financial Condition Reports (SFCRs) of a sample of life insurers based in Ireland and includes analysis of key information included in the Quantitative Reporting Templates published with the SFCRs.
- Solvency II Delegated Regulations 2018 Interim Review
By Ellen Matthews, Patrick Meghen | 23 July 2019
The amendments to the Solvency II Delegated Regulations resulting from the 2018 interim review have now been published in the Official Journal of the EU.
- Undeniable Synergy: A case for the chief modeling officer
By Van Beach | 23 July 2019
Understanding the business versus the operational skills and activities related to modeling holds the key to the new actuarial operating model.
- IRDAI non-linked and linked product regulations
By Heerak Basu, Philip Jackson, Sanket Kawatkar, Richard W. Holloway | 22 July 2019
This e-Alert highlights the key changes in regulations regarding non-linked and linked insurance products from 2013 to 2019 and discusses the business implications for insurers.
- Life insurance capital regimes in Asia
By Clement Bonnet, Brian Colgan, Farzana Ismail, Michael Daly, Sharon Huang, Philip Jackson, Atsushi Okawa, Wing F. Wong, Wen Yee Lee | 09 July 2019
This report covers the capital regimes in 10 markets in Asia plus the 2018 International Capital Standard field test.
- Universal life and indexed universal life issues, 2018/2019 survey
By Carl A. Friedrich, Susan J. Saip | 09 July 2019
Twelfth annual survey addressing UL and IUL life insurance market issues.
- Liquidity risk management: An area of increased focus for insurers
By Claire Booth, Paul Fulcher, Fred Vosvenieks, Russell Ward | 03 July 2019
This paper provides some context for a discussion of insurer liquidity risk, exploring sources of that risk and providing some examples of where it has challenged insurers in the past.
- Critical Point Episode 15: Key takeaways for insurers managing the US GAAP Targeted improvements
By William C. Hines, François Dauphin | 01 July 2019
Insurance companies that issue long-duration contracts (LDTI) can expect volatility, increased data and disclosure requirements, and the potential for a new market for reinsurers thanks to recent accounting changes, according to Milliman’s William Hines and Francois Dauphin. In the latest episode of Critical Point, Milliman’s life insurance actuaries discuss key takeaways from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts (LDTI), which will require significant risk management and has a go-live date of January 2021.
- Indonesia Life Insurance Newsletter, May 2019
By Brian Colgan, David Kong, Halim Gunawan, Richard W. Holloway | 26 June 2019
Developments in the Indonesian life insurance industry during the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019.