Insurance
Applying risk technology and data in a ‘brave new world’
Sponsored feature: FIS
Europe house of the year: Societe Generale
Focus on credit pays dividends for French bank
Insurers testing exotics for Solvency II optimisation
Dealers tackle uncertainty over basis risk
New RBC regime sees China insurers overhaul products and ALM
China's new insurance solvency regime starting to impact the market
Asian insurers recoil from structured products
Institutional and regulatory barriers blamed for poor take-up of derivatives by life companies
Counting processes for retail default modeling
The article discusses the use of counting processes for retail (mortgage) default modeling.
Insurance one of the last ‘great opportunities' for investors
Attractive returns to be found in reinsurance risk via insurance-linked securities
Korea insurers increase risk to counter falling interest rates
Loose monetary policy leaves firms with no option but to buy overseas assets
MetLife CEO lambasts regulators over Sifi designations
Systemically important label is "our biggest concern", says Kandarian
Axa's Asia CRO moves to US health insurer, Cigna; and other recent job moves
US firm recruits externally as it looks to boost savings business
Highlights from Isda's 2015 AGM
Risk.net's coverage of Isda's 30th annual general meeting
UK watchdogs detail proposals on bankers' personal accountability
Fewer non-executives in the firing line
Cyber insurance targets wayward threat – as best it can
Questions over policy design and coverage blight nascent industry
GCSA Capital: the CCP underwriter
A consortium of 25 insurers is offering to cover CCP tail risk
Insurance ALM from RBS – Putting risk in its place
Sponsored feature: RBS
Top 10 op risks 2015: mis-selling
Unsuitable products have cost banks billions
Taiwan to relax derivatives trading rules for life insurers
Regulator sees more advantages than risks in relaxing the rules
Parallels between cyber and financial contagion risk
Increasing interdependency and opacity of technology systems poses major risk
Duration mismatch still a concern for Asian insurers
Bond and derivative markets not deep or liquid enough
Singapore op risk charge many times greater than Solvency II
Increased capital charges for equity and credit spread risk are fine
Taiwan insurers turn to foreign bonds after rule change
Relaxation of foreign asset classification drives increase in demand
Structured products demand in Taiwan hit by low volatility
Taiwan insurers shun structured products amid low volatility and rates
The creation of structured products and Societe Generale's role in this innovation
Sponsored interview: Societe Generale
Insurance of limited value for op risk mitigation
Could premiums be better spent on improving controls, delegates ask