This session aims at describing the similarities and differences between the financial and prudential frameworks applicable to insurers. After a general overview, we will focus on discount rates and risk margin/risk adjustment including the expected changes from the review of Solvency II. A case study will then illustrate the application of those concepts to an […]

Natural Catastrophe Models are a key ingredient for the assessment of Nat Cat risk. Questions like “What losses do we expect from catastrophic events on average?” and “What losses do we need to expect in the worst case?” are becoming more and more relevant, in particular considering climate change. Natural Catastrophe Models try to answer […]

This session aims at giving an overview of the initiatives taken by EIOPA on Sustainability. We will then focus on ORSA explaining best practices on materiality assessment and scenarios. A summary of existing stress tests will be presented. We end up with a survey on climate ORSA. Anmeldeschluss: 2023-11-08

In recent years, machine learning techniques have found their way into the insurance world. While these methods generally improve model accuracy, both explainability and manual interventions continue to play a key role in risk and tariff modelling. This is why practitioners in many lines of business still apply Generalised Linear Models (GLMs) today for non-life […]

Recent developments and events have put some Emerging Risks in the spotlight, such as geopolitical risk, artificial intelligence, and climate change. However, there is a large number of further topics in the Emerging Risks universe that might warrant equal attention. Their assessment will always have to be specific to the individual company and its activities […]

Cross-Border business plays an important role in Europe´s insurance industry. For anyone running this business some topics are obvious. These are especially legal issues. Insurance supervision laws have been harmonised by Solvency, but not (yet) insurance contract laws or tax legislation.   Even if these laws have substantial influence on the calculation of tariffs, the […]