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Solvency II delays limiting internal model growth, head of op risk warns...
Reticence among certain insurers to quantify operational risk also to blame for lack of progress in model development
Zurich's chief risk officer for general insurance, Steve Wilson, talks about why quantifying op risk is so important
Andrew Jeffery banned and fined over insurance fraud failings
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Energy exploration and production (E&P) companies face increased cost risks as insurance premiums could rise, following BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which forced reinsurance firms, such as Germany’s Munich Re, to shell out hefty payments
Scor looks to Solvency II
Philippe Trainar, chief risk officer at Scor, talks to Alexander Campbell
Modelling the unthinkable
In November, the US government passed a law requiring all insurers to underwrite terrorism risk, forcing them to find a way to price this exposure. Could terrorism risk models be the answer? By Paul Lyon
Tailoring internal models
Swiss Re’s Pablo Koch Medina, Frank Krieter and Stephan Schreckenberg highlight the key features and main limitations of internal risk models for insurers
The outsiders
Many insurers are finding it difficult to match their assets and liabilities. Independent third-party asset managers are eager for insurers’ mandates, but do they have all the answers? Navroz Patel reports
Securitising terror
Risk Management Solutions’ Gordon Woo is perhaps the most well-known catastrophe consultant to work in terrorism risk modelling. Could Woo’s terrorism risk model also help build a market for terrorism catastrophe bonds? By Paul Lyon
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