Life insurance

By Kyle Audley, Fred Vosvenieks  |  13 September 2018

All firms should be concerned with their resilience to increased volatility, changes in regulation, and operational risk events and be ready with a proactive approach which considers the recovery response in advance.

By Michael Culligan, Eamon Comerford, Lisa Henderson  |  12 September 2018

Milliman consultants in Ireland discuss hot topics, latest IFRS17 developments, Insurtech and readiness for innovation.

By Bridget MacDonnell, Eamonn Phelan  |  07 August 2018

In July 2018, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued a discussion paper on resolution funding and national Insurance Guarantee Schemes (IGSs) across the EU.

By Karl Murray, Eamonn Phelan  |  03 August 2018

In this briefing note, we summarise the Central Bank of Ireland’s planned reforms, which are relevant to both domestic and cross-border insurers.

By Eamon Comerford, Karl Murray, Eamonn Phelan  |  01 August 2018

In this briefing note, we summarise the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s recent work on big data, including its launch of an industry survey as part of the thematic review.

By Sylvia Cronin, Dermot Corry, Eoin King  |  14 June 2018

Milliman consultants discuss trends, market statistics, ORSA 2018 hot topics and more.

By Claire Booth  |  12 June 2018

In May, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority launched its fourth stress testing exercise for the European Union insurance sector.

By Bridget MacDonnell, Eamon Comerford  |  31 May 2018

At the second Milliman Evening Briefing, Bridget MacDonnell gives an overview of regulatory hot topics for 2018, Eamon Comerford discusses investment strategies under Solvency II and Donal McGinley looks at artificial intelligence and its relevance to actuaries.

By John Bolger, Andrew Kay  |  22 May 2018

At the Society of Actuaries in Ireland’s Annual Convention, Andrew Kay discusses IFRS 17, sharing some insights about practical issues and implementation challenges, including possible synergies with Solvency II.

By Mike Claffey, Eoin King  |  15 May 2018

The Isle of Man regulator is consulting with industry on introducing the ORSA as a new regulatory tool for local insurance and reinsurance companies. In May 2018 Mike Claffey and Eoin King presented to the Manx Actuarial Society on the Irish experience of the ORSA under Solvency II.

By Barry Murphy, Cormac Gleeson  |  26 April 2018

Undertakings completing their second full year of Solvency II reporting are required to submit four additional reporting templates, which weren’t required for the inaugural submission.

By Cormac Gleeson, Ellen Matthews, Bridget MacDonnell, John Mulvihill, Eamon Comerford, David Burston, Jeffrey A. Courchene  |  03 April 2018

This update summarises the key feedback received by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority regarding the final report and the impact, if any, that it has had on the proposals made in the Consultation Paper.

By Thomas Bulpitt, Andrew Gilchrist, Andrew Kay  |  08 March 2018

This paper focuses on the approaches available under IFRS 17 for the derivation of the discount rates for use in the various calculations required by the Standard.

By Mike Claffey  |  07 March 2018

Mike Claffey discusses hot topics for year-end 2017.

By Bridget MacDonnell  |  07 March 2018

Bridget MacDonnell discusses regulation themes for 2018, including recovery and resolution planning, conduct risk and CBI risk culture assessments.

By Michael Culligan  |  07 March 2018

Michael Culligan discusses the key issues for 2018, including IFRS 17 implementation and the 2018 regulatory agenda.

By Takanori Hoshino, Kurt Lambrechts, Sjoerd Brethouwer, William C. Hines  |  01 March 2018

While IFRS 17 provides little guidance about coverage units, insurers may be able to find quick but reasonable choices from current modeling philosophy or certain existing standards such as U.S. GAAP.

By Wouter van Goudoever, Peter Franken, Nicholas Batens, Olivier Mahieux  |  11 February 2018

This report provides a summary of the key solvency information on the main life and non-life insurance entities in Luxembourg based on Solvency and Financial Condition Reports as per year-end 2017.

By Kurt Lambrechts, Dominik Sznajder, Tim Vandenabeele, Peter Franken, Kamiel van Langen  |  26 January 2018

This report is a summary of the Solvency and Financial Condition Reports for the main players in the life, non-life and health insurance business in Belgium, focussing on a subset of insurers in the Belgian market.

By Stuart Reynolds, Neil Christy  |  26 January 2018

This report analyses the European life insurance market, covering 200 companies from 13 countries and representing approximately £422 billion of Gross Written Premium and approximately £4,175 billion of gross Technical Provisions.