The Geneva Association

This report provides insights about climate-related mounting social and economic risks, analyses obstacles to the insurance industry’s contribution and makes recommendations on how to overcome some of these hurdles.

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Dr Thallinger discussing the macro-economic environment and the role of governments in addressing slow global growth at our 2016 CIO Conference.

The report examines the commonalities and differences of global solvency regimes. It examines inter alia asset and liability valuation, how regulatory capital requirements are set, status of internal models, criteria for assessing capital resources.

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This General Assembly Review is a retrospective on some of the key discussions in Rome at the 43rd annual General Assembly.

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New issue of The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance:

  Vol. 41, No. 3, July 2016

The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance

Each year, The Geneva Association awards one research grant for submissions—usually doctoral theses carried out in the field of risk and insurance economics. The grant is intended to support research on a specific theme, whether this is in the form of a thesis leading to a doctoral degree or a research paper on that specific theme.

The theme of the 2017 research grant is Digitalisation in Insurance. The deadline for submissions is 9 December 2016.

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The Geneva Papers is calling for papers for the October 2017 edition on Managing Extreme Events and Climate Risks.

Deadline for submission is 5 December 2016.   

 

 

 

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The Shin Research Excellence Awards program is designed to foster original, applied research in the insurance and risk management field, addressing issues of concern to global insurance executives by examining subjects which directly influence business operations and issues on a practical level.

The 2017 Shin Research Award will focus on the topic “Narrowing the Protection Gap". 

Deadline for submission is 1 February 2017.

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The 17th Joint Seminar of The Geneva Association and the European Association of Law and Economics (EALE) will take place at the University of Iceland, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Reykjavík, Iceland on 22–23 June 2017. The main topic of the seminar will be climate change and insurance. Any papers dealing with the law and economic aspects of climate change and insurance are invited. 

Deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 February 2017.

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