News and Media

NEWS AND MEDIA

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The news and media section of this website provides a single location for all the press releases and public media presentations made by The Geneva Association since 2008. Copies of all other documents such as The Geneva Papers and The Geneva Reports are available on this website under the relevant subject in the Publications section.

►Press releases
►Industry Fact-sheet
►Presentations
►Reports & Reviews
►Speeches
►Articles of interest

► Press releases

2010

17.06.10
Insurance Industry Reaction to International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Position Statement on Key Financial Stability Issues—Letter to the G-20

03.06.10 Survey of Insurance CEO's

27.04.10 Financial Stability in Insurance—Letter to Finance Ministers and the G-20

26.02.10 No Systemic Risk from Insurance Core Activities—Findings of The Geneva Association Special Report on Systemic Risk in Insurance

2009

09.12.09
Geneva Association Calls on Global Leaders and Policy-Makers to Harness Insurance Expertise in Dealing with Climate Change

05.11.09
The Geneva Association Calls on G-20 to Look Carefully at Fresh Regulation and Supervision

09.10.09
Geneva Association Appoints Special Advisor for Japan and East Asia

08.07.09
Geneva Association Appoints Head of Communications

02.07.09
The Geneva Association launches a major report on the insurance industry and climate change and publishes the “Kyoto Statement”signed by over 50 industry CEOs

22.06.09 The Geneva Association to host a media conference “Climate Change and Insurance” in London on 2 July 2009

08.06.09 40 Insurance and Reinsurance CEOs Surveyed on Strategic Industry Issues

12.05.09 Insurance Research Programme Announces Winning Research

13.04.09 Survey among insurance experts reveals fear of over-regulation

30.03.09 51 CEOs of major global insurance companies call for effective and efficient industry regulation and supervision

19.02.09 The Geneva Association opens Liaison Office in Warsaw

2008

17.12.08 Silver Workers Institute www.silverworkers.ch

18.11.08 Credit Crisis and Insurance–New Geneva Association Website Section

13.10.08

The Geneva Association informs about key insights from the “Istanbul International Insurance Conference”

10.10.08
The Geneva Association Launches a Major Resarch Project on Climate Change and Insurance

04.06.08 40 Insurance and Reinsurance CEOs Surveyed on Strategic Industry Issues

23.05.08
AK Sigorta Chairman Kozanoglu becomes first Turkish member of The Geneva Association

14.05.08 Insurance Research Programme Announces Winning Research

April 08 Geneva Association Publishes Study on Regulation in New Series

Jan. 08 New Geneva Association Virtual Library

Jan. 08 Barriers to Global Insurance Operations in Emerging Markets

► Presentations

29.03.10 Systemic Risk in Insurance—Presentation to the NAIC

23.03.10 Extreme-weather-wise decision taking (WMO, Geneva)

26.02.10 No Systemic Risk from Insurance Core Activities—Findings of The Geneva Association Special Report on Systemic Risk in Insurance (London)

02.07.09 Climate Change, Presentation of the Geneva Report Climate Change and the Insurance Industry–Contribution to the global debate to the press (London)

► Reports & Reviews

22.07.10
The Geneva Association General Assembly Review 2010

12.05.10
The Geneva Association 2010 Annual Report

► Speeches

15.03.10 Navigating the Minefields in Search of Prosperity, by Patrick M. Liedtke, Keynote Speech at World Insurance Forum, Hamilton, Bermuda.

► Articles of interest

01.02.10 Nikolaus von Bomhard, the Chairman of The Geneva Association, begins a new monthly contribution in Insurance Day by investigating the advantages of a global solvency standard:Strong case for uniform regulation (Insurance Day, 1 February 2010).

02.02.10
In an interview with German national newspaper Handelsblatt, Versicherer sind besser als Banken, Chairman of The Geneva Association and CEO of Munich Re, Dr. Nikolaus von Bomhard explains the position of the insurance industry in relation to upcoming regulatory reforms.

Sept. 09
Michael Butt, co-chair of the climate change working group at The Geneva Association and Chairman of AXIS Capital explains why the global insurance industry must take a stand on climate change (Reactions, September 2009):View from the top and Time to act on climate change.