Diversification is at the heart of insurance business and risk management. The CRO Forum continues to believe that recognising diversification benefits provides a key tool in meeting policyholder protection and financial stability objectives. This paper [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Towers Watson published a paper on the matching adjustment and the implications for long-term savings with financial support from the CRO Forum.
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’).
A study by the Chief Risk Officer’s (CRO) Forum has found that the risk of large scale power disruptions is set to increase due to the growing interconnectedness of electricity grids, changing mix of power sources and aging infrastructure
Solvency 2 represents a step change in the prudential regulation of insurance that promotes the best practice standards of risk management advocated by the CRO Forum. The challenge of implementing a harmonised and risk-based economic approach across the EU should not be underestimated.
Under Solvency II, (re)insurance companies have the option to elect the Standard Model as defined under Solvency II or apply for approval to use Internal Models. Regulatory authorities have spent a lot of time and attention on the admissibility requirements for granting Internal Model approval.
The Emerging Risks Initiative of the Chief Risk Officers Forum is pleased to announce the publication of a new position paper called Critical Information Infrastructure. In industrialised societies, computers are interconnected to form a complex [...]
