Insurance
Insurance ALM from RBS – Putting risk in its place
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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
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Insurance of limited value for op risk mitigation
Could premiums be better spent on improving controls, delegates ask
Orsa reports and third-party relationships at MassMutual
Head of op risk discusses concerns about the Orsa and third parties
Cyber insurance struggles to overcome concerns over coverage
Insurance against cyber risk is a growing market, but doubts remain over its effectiveness
Bank of the year: Nordea
Business continuity overhaul lets Nordea stand out
Variable annuity sales recover in Japan as insurers revise hedging strategies
Simplified product design and buoyant equity markets combine to revive Japan VA market
Federal insurance oversight is the wrong move, Connecticut regulator says
Post-crisis reforms take supervision to the wrong level
UK insurers dismiss risk of bulk annuity capacity crunch
Increased activity forecast for 2014, but rumoured supply overload unlikely
Insurance Risk North America: CROs must avoid conservative culture
Regulatory mindset 'creates no value' for US insurers
Insurance Risk North America: Test data security, US insurers warned
Security test results may scare them, delegates hear
Insurance Risk North America: Capital projection and stress test data challenge insurers in Orsa development
Industry trying to focus on Orsa and regulatory capital
French life insurers face lapse risk hedging problems
French life insurers have to pay back their customers at the drop of a hat – an exposure that rises in tandem with interest rates, as customers seek better returns elsewhere. But with the industry’s traditional hedge for this risk now too pricey,…
Federal regulation may increase compliance burden, head of op risk warns
US insurers dealing with potentially heavier load from federal regulation and the Orsa
US Orsa guidance insufficient, says expert
Compliance burden and thin guidance for US insurers a concern
How ETFs could prove useful to insurers
The right tool for the job?