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The so-called ‘Piigs’ countries – Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain – have been an ongoing source of worry for the financial markets in 2010. While the prospect of a Eurozone country being...
Asian insurance companies have sat up and paid attention to their solvency ratios during the past two years like never before. This has led to unprecedented levels of derivatives take-up. But will this...
Pension fund performance in 2008 was appalling, with funding levels plunging across the globe – but some schemes sidestepped a funding crisis by focusing on effective risk management.
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Australian annuities - from boom to bust
The Australian superannuation system contains over A$1.2 trillion of assets, but the country’s annuity industry has yet to see any tangible inflow from the sector. As baby boomers retire, will this change and if so, does the industry have the risk management...
Longevity swaps - a new way forward
The longevity swap market has gone from nowhere to a value of £7 billion in less than a year – offering pension schemes a potential solution to one of their biggest headaches. But do these instruments have a long-term future, or are they simply a reaction...
Chinese insurers face-up to the risk management challenge
The Chinese insurance sector has experienced an unprecedented level of growth in recent years, but as the premium inflows pile up, is their risk management approach adequate? Aaron Woolner reports
NAIC decision to stop using rating agencies for RMBS heralds major change...
Concern by the NAIC over the veracity of rating agencies’ analysis of insurers’ RMBS holdings is leading to a shake-up in how these organisations are used in the US. Is this pattern set to be followed in Europe?
Inflation hedging: How the Dutch pension sector is moving its focus...
The Dutch pension sector has long-held a focus on nominal liabilities but both schemes and regulators are investigating whether a move to assessing real liabilities would be a step forward.
Understanding policyholder behaviour is crucial to the success of ALM...
Born of interest rate volatility, dynamic policyholder behaviour is a variable no insurer can afford to ignore – yet modelling it is problematic. How are companies adapting to the new market conditions?
Model misgivings
The insurance-based nature of Danish pension provision means almost the entire sector will fall under the remit of Solvency II. And despite the Danish industry’s groundbreaking work in stochastically modelling its assets, the potential extension of...
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