How does a change in the risk-free interest-rate affect the value of a non-life insurance company or portfolio? Risk managers typically argue that there should be little impact as long as assets and liabilities are properly matched.

This Geneva Association “insurance reader on the credit crisis” has been put togetheras a reaction to the widespread demand for reliable information on and an intellectualappreciation of the insurance sector’s involvement in the credit crisis. Since the end of2007, The Geneva Association...

At the General Assembly of the Geneva Association held 28-31 May 2008 in Hamilton, Bermuda, the CEOs of the world's leading insurance and reinsurance companies decided to launch a new research project on climate change and its economic impact on insurance (CC+I). This initiative reflects one of...

Insurers and banks are both suppliers of financial services and constitute together thebulk of the financial services industry. As such, they share certain common traits and,consequently, are often analyzed together. At the same time, they differ markedly in certainrespects, insurance and...

Strict liabilities prevails at major accidents. According to the Polluter Pays Principle,l it is the liable party who pays for any damage. The accidents may be very large, however, compared to the assets of the liable plant owner. The liable party may, therefore, simply go bankrupt and leave the...

Several of the risks currently faced by corporations are shaped by legal rules. Liability rules, for instance, determine the cases in which firms will incur economic losses, either because thay are obliged to compensate for the harm suffered by others, or because they are inflicted monetary...

Insurance Industry will create a more efficient, customer centric, collaborative and innovative marketplace. Embrace extended/networked business models that include innovation across value chain through capabilities of strategic partners, best practices, expertise, and capital...

This publication compares several interesting, representative and illustrative rating systems and discusses the underlying theoretical pay-as-you-go models and funded schemes. It does not intend to define an ideal system but to work out the strengths and weaknesses of each model and to compare...

The International Actuarial Association, (IAA) is the organization of actuarial associations representing over 95% of the worlds professional actuaries all of whose full members are subject to qualification standards and codes of professional conduct.