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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 (incl. newsletters, The Geneva Papers, The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Geneva Reports and special monographs) are available on this website under the relevant subject in the Publications section.

Press Releases

2012

19.01.12

The Geneva Association Secretary General’s Outlook for 2012

2011

19.12.11

Expert Submission to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) on Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies

08.12.11

Geneva Association Gathers Insurance Industry Leadership for Insurance and Finance Seminar

28.11.11

Financing Long-Term Care in Europe—Institutions, Markets and Models

02.11.11

Open Letter to the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G-20

14.09.11

The Geneva Association Appoints New Director for Life and Pensions Research

05.09.11

Geneva Association issues new Geneva Report on the September 11 attacks and their lasting impact on the world of risk and insurance

08.07.11

The Geneva Association Appoints New Head of Institutional Relations

05.07.11

The Geneva Association and Oliver Wyman Agree Formal Partnership

06.06.11

Geneva Association Signs Network of Insurance Associations’ letter to the G-20

25.05.11

Geneva Association Members Concerned on International Regulatory Efforts and Call for More Time and Regulatory Expertise in SIFI Process

16.05.11

The Geneva Association Publishes Global Perspective on the Future of Insurance Regulation and Supervision

05.05.11

The Geneva Association Warns on “Rushed” Timetable and Provides Insurance Methodology to Regulators

13.04.11

Leading Insurance Executives and Regulators Meet at Major Geneva Association Seminar

24.03.11

The Geneva Association Appoints New Head of Institutional Relations

16.03.11

Open letter from the Network of Insurance Associations and The Geneva Association calling for an extension to FSB regulatory timetable

10.03.11

The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance—Issues and Practice’s Impact Factor Doubles in One Year

17.02.11

Open Letter to Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G-20

10.01.11

Geneva Association Secretary General Looks Ahead at Insurance Issues in 2011 and Beyond

2010

25.10.10

The Geneva Association Appoints New Research Director for Insurance and Finance

01.10.10

The Geneva Association Appoints New Head of Insurance and Finance Programme

06.09.10

Joint Statement of The Geneva Association, UNEP FI, MCII and ClimateWise: Risk management and climate change in the developing world

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

03.03.09

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

07.12.08

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 Research 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

15.04.08

Geneva Association Publishes Study on Regulation in New Series

20.01.08

New Geneva Association Virtual Library

10.01.08

Barriers to Global Insurance Operations in Emerging Markets

Selected Presentations

2011

05.05.11

IAIS and FSB project on systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs), IAIS Financial Stability Committee Hearing, Kansas City, Thursday 5 May 2011

05.04.11

Insurance industry's perspective on and contribution to the G-20/FSB/IAIS project on systemic risk

31.03.11

1st Meeting of the International Trade and Insurance Group (ITIG), Geneva, 11 March 2011: Digital Trade in Financial Services, by John Cooke

17.02.11

Assessment of systemic risk indicators in the insurance sector—IAIS Observer Hearing, 17 February 2011

2010

07.12.10

Industry's response to IAIS and FSB project on systemically important financial institutions - IAIS Financial Stability Committee, Basel

29.03.10

Systemic Risk in Insurance—Presentation to the NAIC

26.02.10

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

2009

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)

Industry Fact-sheets

2011

19.07.11

Global Insurance Industry Fact Sheet

07.03.11

Orientation Paper for SIFI Discussions in Insurance

10.01.11

Industry Fact-sheet

Reports & Reviews

2011

21.10.11

Geneva Association publications on Financial Stability in Insurance and Life, Health and Ageing

01.07.11

The General Assembly Review 2011

23.05.11

The Geneva Association Annual Report 2010/2011

05.05.11

Question for Observers for Discussion with FSC on 5 May 2011

2010

06.09.10

Joint Statement of The Geneva Association, UNEP FI, MCII and ClimateWise: Risk management and climate change in the developing world

23.07.10

Key Financial Stability Issues in Insurance—An account of The Geneva Association's ongoing dialogue on systemic risk with regulators and policy-makers

22.07.10

The Geneva Association General Assembly Review 2010

12.05.10

The Geneva Association 2010 Annual Report

24.03.10

Systemic Risk in Insurance—An analysis of insurance and financial stability

21.01.10

Geneva Report 3: Anatomy of the credit crisis—An insurance reader from The Geneva Association

2009

21.07.09

Geneva Report 2: The insurance industry and climate change—Contribution to the global debate

2008

13.02.08

Geneva Report 1: Regulation and intervention in the insurance industry—fundamental issues

Speeches & Multimedia

2011

16.11.11

“Risk Management: facing challenges, finding solutions”—An interview at the 7th CRO Assembly of The Geneva Association’s Secretary General.(2mn35)

26.04.11

5° Seminário Latino-americano de Seguros e Resseguros (5th Latin American Seminar of Insurers and Reinsurers)(4mn34)

2010

25.10.10

Bayerischer Finanzgipfel 2010—Interview Patrick M. Liedtke (2010 Bavarian Financial Summit—Interview of Patrick M. Liedtke)(4mn56)

28.04.10

BBC Radio 4, The Today Programme – Patrick Liedtke discusses the IMF FAT tax proposal (3mn14s)

23.03.10

World Meteorological Day 2010: “Extreme-weather-wise decision taking”, Walter R. Stahel (18mn38s)

14.03.10

World Insurance Forum, Hamilton, Bermuda: “Navigating the Minefields in Search of Prosperity”, Keynote Speech by Patrick M. Liedtke (23mn45s)

14.03.10

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

2009

09.12.09

Insurance and Climate Change—A Partner for Governments on Risk and Policy, Copenhagen, 9 December 2009 (83mn49s)

Articles of Interest

2012

23.01.12

Insurance Day: “Insurers’ resolution and recovery strategy ‘alleviates systemic risk’ – Geneva Association”

13.01.12

L’AGEFI: “La régulation est impossible” (Regulation is impossible) by Henri Schwamm

2011

16.11.11

L’AGEFI: "La complexité ne connaît pas de limites" (Complexity Knows No Boundaries), by Henri Schwamm

02.11.11

L’AGEFI: "Le traitement suisse de la dépendance" (Swiss treatment of dependency), by Henri Schwamm

01.11.11

The Insurance Insider: « Geneva Association warns G20 over ‘loose’ monetary policies”

01.11.11

Reactions: “Sifi or not Sifi?”

01.11.11

Asia Insurance Review: “A single global insurance accounting standard: Dream or realistic vision?”, by Jerry M. de St Paer

31.10.11

L’AGEFI: "Les moyens à mobiliser contre vieillissement et dépendance" (Necessary means to be mobilised to fight against ageing and dependency), by Henri Schwamm

26.10.11

L’AGEFI: "Secteurs banque et assurance: l’amalgame à l’américaine" (Banking and insurance: a typically american confusion of sorts), by Henri Schwamm

12.10.11

Asia Insurance Review: "September 11—The Permanent Date: A personal view from the U.S.", by Gordon Stewart

13.09.11

L’AGEFI: "Incertitudes sur l’assurance-vie" (Uncertainty About Life Insurance), by Henri Schwamm

06.09.11

Asia Insurance Review: "The world after Japan’s March 2011 natural disaster", by Katsuo Matsushita

16.08.11

L'AGEFI: "L’assurance devra bientôt être présente sur les réseaux sociaux" (Insurance will soon need to figure on social media), by Henri Schwamm

09.08.11

Asia Insurance Review: "The invisible hand of insurance", by Hans Peter Würmli

04.07.11

Asia Insurance Review: "The costs of the financial crisis for insurance policyholders", by Daniel Haefeli and Kai-Uwe Schanz

06.05.11

L’AGEFI: "Les clients des assurances méritent autre chose" (Insurance’s clients deserve better), by Henri Schwamm

04.05.11

Asia Insurance Review: "Variable annuities with guarantees and use of hedging"

30.04.11

Asia Insurance Review: "The Geneva Association: New risks for old-age security"

01.04.11

Mercado Asegurador: "Riesgos Sistémicos en Seguro—El Caso AIG" (Systemic Risk in Insurance—The Case of AIG), by Etti Baranoff, translated by Mauricio Kitaigorodzki

31.03.11

L'AGEFI: "L’amalgame embarrassant avec le domaine bancaire", by Henri Schwamm

09.03.11

Asia Insurance Review: "Becoming a reference point for climate risks"

21.02.11

Handelsblatt: “Versicherer: Wir sind nicht systemrelevant” (“Insurers: We are not systemically relevant”)

08.02.11

Asia Insurance Review: "Striking the right balance with regulation", by Denis Kessler

13.01.11

Commercial Risk Europe: “Geneva Association to tackle ‘key issues’ of regulation and financial stability”.

12.01.11

Asia Insurance Review: "The tale of two rising empires", by Min Yong

10.01.11

Insurance Day: "We have vital role in climate and demographic challenges"

2010

14.12.10

AM Best: "Insurers Are Wary as Financial Regulators Consider How to Define Threats to the Global Financial System"

08.12.10

Bloomberg.com: "Insurers Say Too-Big-To-Fail List May Create Market Distortions"

08.12.10

Reactions: "Geneva Association paper attacks systemic risk regulation"

07.12.10

Financial Times:"Insurers challenge watchdog over SIFIs"-In the midst of regulatory discussions on how to identify and isolate systemically important financial institutions major insurance companies warn regulators that the insurance industry should not be labelled as such.

01.12.10

Asia Insurance Review: "Providing and financing aged care in Australia", Henry Ergas and Francesco Paolucci.

01.12.10

Asia Insurance Review: "Think Tank—The Geneva Association: Providing and financing aged care in Australia"

01.12.10

Middle East Insurance Review: "Strategic global view—Financial stability and insurance—Why SME insurers should raise their voices"

01.09.10

Asia Insurance Review: "Informal care, insurance and intra-family moral hazard", by Christophe Courbage

01.09.10

Asia Insurance Review: "Personality Profile: Patrick Liedtke—For the love of risk".

18.06.10

Financial Times—Lex Column—Retirement: Retirement age is up and rising inexorably in all European countries, as the June 2010 Lex Column in The Financial Times shows, citing data from The Geneva Association.

10.05.10

Insurance Day: "Opinion", by Richard Banks

02.02.10

Handelsblatt: "Versicherer sind besser als Banken", Nikolaus von Bomhard.

01.02.10

Insurance Day: "Strong case for uniform regulation", Nikolaus von Bomhard.

01.02.10

Asia Insurance Review: "Five guiding principles that will continue to insulate us from systemic risk", by Katsuo Matsushita

01.01.10

Asia Insurance Review: "Risk management, insurance and climate change", by Walter R. Stahel

2009

01.09.09

Reactions: "View from the top", Michael Butt.

01.09.09

Reactions: "Time to act on climate change", Michael Butt.

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	Insurance Economics Newsletter No. 65

	The Geneva Association Secretary General’s Outlook for 2012

	Insurance Companies’ Highly Controlled Use of Derivatives Has Also Resulted in Protection from the Rogue Trader Problem

	Expert Submission to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) on Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies

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