Imagine all the People – Demographics and social change from an insurance perspective
After many years of constant population growth, the most recent demographic analyses are forecasting a progressive slowdown in population growth, [...]
PRESS RELEASE NEW CHAIRPERSONS 2021
The CRO Forum is pleased to announce that Allegra van Hövell-Patrizi, Chief Risk Officer of Aegon N.V., has been elected [...]
Data Quality in the Insurance sector – Stocktaking and proposed way forward
Although insurance companies have always based their management decisions on information about exposures, risks and customers, the entry into force [...]
Emerging Risk Initiative – Major Trends and Emerging Risk Radar – 2020 update
The CRO Forum’s Emerging Risk Initiative continually scans the horizon to identify and communicate emerging risks facing the insurance industry. [...]
The CRO Forum elects new Vice-Chairperson
Andreas Märkert was elected as the Second Vice-Chairperson of the CRO Forum during the previous CRO Forum meeting. Andreas is [...]
Carbon footprinting methodology for underwriting portfolios
An evolution of climate-related risk metrics for the financial services sector is currently underway. Among other things this evolution will [...]
Medical advances – Risks and opportunities for the (re)insurance industry
Medical advances have significantly improved existing medical practice and will continue do so in the future. Such developments will not [...]
PRESS RELEASE NEW CHAIRPERSONS 2020
The CRO forum is pleased to announce that Frieder Knüpling, Group Chief Risk Officer of SCOR, has been elected CRO [...]
Managing liquidity risk: Industry practices and recommendations for CROs
More than ten years on from the global financial crisis, liquidity risk remains an important theme for the financial services [...]
The CRO Forum elects new Vice-Chair
Date: 11 July 2019 Allegra van Hövell – Patrizi was elected as the second Vice-Chair of the CRO Forum during [...]
Insurance and Distributed Ledger Technology: A risk manager’s perspective
Since the birth of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, over the last few years hype has surrounded Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and [...]
Major Trends and Emerging Risk Radar – May 2019 Update
The CRO Forum’s Emerging Risk Initiative continually scans the horizon to identify and communicate emerging risks facing the insurance industry. [...]
Machine Decisions: Governance of AI and Big Data Analytics
Insurers are developing and deploying increasingly complex Big Data tools, first for post-sales purposes such as claims handling and customer [...]
CRO Forum change in Chair
Date: 13 May 2019 Angela Darlington has stepped down as Chair and member of the CRO Forum following her appointment [...]
The heat is on – Insurability and resilience in a Changing Climate
The science behind global warming and the role of greenhouse gases is clear. However, the future is difficult to predict [...]
Understanding and managing the IT risk landscape: A practitioner’s guide
In a world increasingly subject to digitalisation and the use of technology, an ineffective IT strategy and failing IT are [...]
PRESS RELEASE NEW CHAIRMANSHIP 2019
Angela Darlington, Group Chief Risk Officer of Aviva Plc. and Vice Chair of the CRO Forum in 2018, has been [...]
Major Trends and Emerging Risk Radar – April 2018 Update
The CRO Forum’s Emerging Risk Initiative continually scans the horizon to identify emerging risks facing the insurance industry. In this [...]
Supporting on-going capture and sharing of digital event data
Digital security awareness and resilience is one of the highest priority items on all agendas. However, the lack of data [...]
PRESS RELEASE NEW CHAIRMANSHIP 2018
Patrick Raaflaub, Chief Risk Officer of Swiss Re and vice-Chairman of the CRO Forum in 2017, has been elected [...]
Big Data & Privacy: unlocking value for consumers
With data available at an unprecedented scale, Big Data & Analytics allow insurers to strengthen risk prevention, develop more personalised [...]
Autonomous Machines
CROF ERI 2017 - Autonomous Machines Position Paper Autonomous machines increasingly feature in business’s and people’s everyday lives. With exponential [...]
A Guide to Defining, Embedding and Managing Risk Culture
Regulators are taking a heightened interest in organizations’ risk management and underlying cultures, with the spotlight shifting somewhat from [...]
Use of internal models in ICS 2.0
In recognition of the fact that a sound capital and supervisory framework for the insurance sector is essential for supporting [...]
Leading Practices in Model Management
There is model risk associated with every model. Although this is a well-known fact and extensively covered in the literature, [...]