The risk of critical infrastructure disruption is constantly present today. In addition to climate change and the threat of cyber attacks, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war are recent examples of how infrastructure that [...]
Increased digitalization in society is leading to increased digitalization in the insurance industry impacting distribution, product design, underwriting and operations. This changing landscape also requires that Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) activities across [...]
In 2013 the CRO Forum published a paper on Scenario Analysis that provided principles that could be used by re(insurance) practitioners to develop an appropriate set of scenarios and stress tests within their risk management [...]
In 2007 the CRO Forum published a paper on “Influenza Pandemics” that provided a consolidated view of the potential impact of a Spanish Flu-like scenario on insurance undertakings. The authors also identified steps toward better [...]
Recently, the ‘Three Lines Model’ has come under scrutiny and criticism as to whether it remains fit for purpose for financial institutions, against the background of today’s business environment and risk landscape. New technologies such [...]
Although insurance companies have always based their management decisions on information about exposures, risks and customers, the entry into force of Solvency II in 2016 represented a key incentive to progress from informal data quality [...]
An evolution of climate-related risk metrics for the financial services sector is currently underway. Among other things this evolution will help insurers to work towards understanding the challenges and eventually disclosing the carbon intensity of [...]
Medical advances have significantly improved existing medical practice and will continue do so in the future. Such developments will not only bring benefits for clinicians and patients, but also opportunities and challenges for insurers adapting [...]
More than ten years on from the global financial crisis, liquidity risk remains an important theme for the financial services industry, including for re/insurers. The crisis triggered changes in market dynamics. The paper highlights the [...]
Since the birth of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, over the last few years hype has surrounded Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and especially blockchain. These technologies have not yet delivered on promises, but experts believe that DLT [...]
