Risk & Capital Management
A.M. Best Updates Capital Model Progress
With the rollout of a new capital model set for second-quarter 2016, A.M. Best analysts have made a key decision concerning a statistical metric they will use to calculate risk charges—a decision ...
The 10 Do’s and Don’ts of the ORSA Summary Report
2015 marks the beginning of a new era of regulatory requirements for the insurance industry as many states have now adopted the Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment ('ORSA') Model Act ...
European Insurance Forum: Insurers Must Adapt Quickly to Multiple Changes
The long journey toward a unified regulatory system for insurance in the European Union—Solvency II—finally appears to be near its end. With that hurdle behind them insurers and reinsurers have ...
International Capital Standards: A Risk Management Mirage
The financial crisis spurred a wave of new regulatory proposals at the state, federal and international levels. Many of the new ideas in insurance supervision offer extremely promising ways to foster ...
CROs Concentrate on Capital Standards and Regulatory Changes: Ernst & Young
These are the things that worry insurance company chief risk officers the most right now: confusing capital standards, more regulations and oversight, and integrating risk management with business ...
Moody’s Says Fosun Deal for Ironshore is Credit Negative
Fosun's plan to buy specialty insurer Ironshore is credit negative for both companies, analysts for Moody's Investors Services said on Monday. In an article published in Moody's Credit Outlook ...
Big Data Analysis: Twitter Sentiment Seen Playing Role in IPO Performance
Two researchers at Johns Hopkins University, who have studied the effects of how Twitter sentiment impacts the performance of initial public offerings have found what appears to be a significant ...
Bitcoins are Emerging as the Next Cyber Insurance Risk
Consumers around the world are racking up more than 100,000 financial transactions every day without using cash, credit cards or a barter system, How are all those buyers doing it? With Bitcoins, of ...