News and Events
Explore the latest news and insights in the insurance and actuarial fields.
Stay informed with the trends and developments that shape our industry.
News and Events
Explore the latest news and insights in the insurance and actuarial fields.
Stay informed with the trends and developments that shape our industry.
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Explore the latest news and insights in the insurance and actuarial fields. Stay informed with the trends and developments that shape our industry. Our curated content provides valuable information to help you stay ahead in the field. Whether it’s regulatory updates, market trends, or expert opinions, you’ll find it all here. Join us in navigating the ever-evolving landscape of insurance and actuarial.
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A long time coming – the Insurance Capital Standard
There is finally light at the end of the tunnel for the Insurance Capital Standard, due to arrive internationally next year. Inside-trackers Natika Reddock and Kenny Cheng explain it, and its relation to Solvency II.
Following the 2008 global financial crisis, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) received a mandate from the Financial Stability Board and G20 leaders to develop a Common Framework for the supervision of Internationally Active Insurance Groups (IAIGs).
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How to Choose the Right Climate Model
Climate risk has caused significant challenges for life insurance financial risk modelers. There is a lot of noise in the market, with emphasis on either very precise or very complex modelling. However, it is important to also look at the broader, systematic impacts on financial markets exposures; such as yield curves, inflation, credit spreads, risk premia, and asset class returns.
How do you find the balance and a sufficient level of granularity in your modeling? How do you select and assess the impact of different climate models? Are there risks we are missing? Moody's Analytics have created a series of short articles to help those responsible for climate modeling in the actuarial, risk, and strategic asset allocation functions of a life insurance company. These articles begin to address and simplify the complexities of climate change in processes such as the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA), stress testing, and strategic asset allocation.
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The new Solvency II-style rules in East Asia
Chris Howells and Ruolin Wang take us through new Solvency II-style rules in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan as these markets weave new tapestries of regulation.
We are often asked, ‘What are the regulatory implications of xyz in Asia?’ In truth, there’s no such place as ‘Asia’: it is a huge region with differing markets, legislation and financial systems, and we need to dig deeper
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Funeral assurers get ultimatum over IFRS 17
The Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) has given funeral assurers until September to comply with the International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17) implementation or face consequences, as none have complied thus far.
The IFRS 17, issued in May 2017, replaces IFRS 4 and governs accounting for insurance contracts from January 1, 2023.
It shifts the focus from a premium-centric model to one emphasizing service delivery and risk release, aiming for a more accurate reflection of an insurer’s performance and revenue recognition timing.
It shifts the focus from a premium-centric model to one emphasizing service delivery and risk release, aiming for a more accurate reflection of an insurer’s performance and revenue recognition timing.
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Interpreting IFRS: The Evolving Role of Agenda Decisions
he interpretation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is particularly relevant because of their global diffusion, which makes it challenging to reconcile the needs and values of jurisdictional constituents with the need of setting international accounting standards.
Indeed, the increase in number of jurisdictions adopting IFRS over the last two decades has resulted in a growing variety of constituents’ requests to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), especially considering their different accounting traditions.
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Insurers urged to take three-step approach to IFRS 17
Successful implementations of the incoming accounting standard IFRS 17 have taken a three-step approach, with rushed projects resulting in suboptimal results and increased effort.
hat is according to FIS' head of insurance risk solutions management and strategy, Martin Sarjeant, who said large-scale projects have followed a typical pattern.
Successful firms have first focused on building models, before then working on data and finally optimising processes, with thorough preparation "always" paying off.
Sarjeant also revealed that South Korean insurers are leading the race to compliance, largely because these companies are also planning for the capital standard K-ICS.
