This paper is the fourth blueprint in our series on managing environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges in business transactions, focusing on the core functions of the insurance industry – risk transfer and investments. Environmental, [...]
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is participating in a global initiative, with the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the G20, to identify potential global systemically important insurers (G-SIIs). As part of this initiative, the IAIS has issued a public consultation on proposed measures to identify any insurers whose distress or disorderly failure, because of their size, complexity and interconnectedness, would cause significant disruption to the global financial system and economic activity. The CRO Forum responded to the IAIS draft policy measures. This paper provides some additional background to the response provided.
The purpose of this paper is to raise general awareness of the sustainability challenges related to the extraction of oil sands. In addition, the paper sets out possible ways of how (re-)insurance companies, from a risk management perspective, could address business transactions in relation to oil sands. It should be noted that the paper does not present any technical, legal, financial or underwriting views.
Recent and pending EU Anti-discrimination law (Directives, European Court of Justice ruling) poses a major challenge to the insurance industry. In this paper, the CRO Forum expresses their views on how such legal framework affects [...]
The purpose of this paper is to raise general awareness of the issues related to APMs and cluster munitions and the consequent reputation risks. In addition, the paper sets out possible ways of how (re-)insurance companies, from a risk management perspective, could address business transactions in relation to APMs and cluster munitions.
In light of the heightened regulatory interest in Recovery and Resolution, this CRO Forum Paper highlights the good risk management practices that insurers should undertake to avoid the requirement for resolution
In this discussion paper the CRO Forum provides a set of standards that could be applied by insurance undertakings with respect to conducting a self assessment of risk and capital solvency called Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (‘ORSA’).
The Euro area crisis of 2011 has stirred up a certain amount of thought and publication on how to deal with the potential consequences of a possible break-up of the monetary union. In light of these events, the CRO Forum investigates the potential risk management considerations that companies could take with the objective of limiting the potential impact by providing considerations to improve companies’ responsiveness to adversity.
The CRO Forum believes that the liquidity premium is a fundamental part of the economic valuation of insurance contracts. We support the underlying principles agreed by the Task Force, and the formulaic approach for deriving the liquidity premium adopted in QIS5.
In this paper we discuss the idea behind currency risk. If the guidance for the required capital calculation for FX risk is based on a shock applied to the Net Asset Value of the entities in their respective reporting currencies, then this can create hedge incentives that endanger the solvency of the group and hence policyholder benefits.
