Employer-funded pensions, known as defined-benefit pension plans, have long been on the decline. By taking on employer pension liabilities through pension-risk transfer, insurers are bringing value to companies and individuals and realizing important growth opportunities for their businesses.
ZURICH, 18 November 2019 – The Geneva Association, the global organisation of insurance and reinsurance Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and leading think tank of the insurance industry, is announcing the appointment of Kai-Uwe Schanz as Deputy Managing Director and Head of Research & Foresight, effective 18 November 2019.
How do insurers approach underwriting in the sharing economy space? Curtis Scott, Vice President, Global Risk at Lyft, spoke with Geneva Association collaborating expert, Ronnie Klein, about the benefits for customers, insurers and platforms alike with individualised pricing.
The Geneva Association is lauching a joint task force on cyber terrorism and cyber warfare with the International Forum of Terrorism Risk Reinsurance and Insurance Pools (IFTRIP). The special-purpose task force aims to conduct research on cyber terrorism risks across the re/insurance industry. Its initial findings will be published in mid-2020.
On the mitigation side, benefits from reduced carbon emissions need to be monetizable so they can be invested in and included in ESG ratings; on the adaptation side, it needs to be clear what asset managers and insurers are protecting for.
Fiona Cousins, an engineer specialising in sustainable design, participated in an interview with the GA at the 2019 General Assembly in Buenos Aires.
There are huge opportunities for enhancing climate-risk modelling tools - and integrating them into core business - if we identify the gaps and need
There are many ways for insurance companies to use digital tools to enhance their relationships with customers. They can, for example, adapt their websites; gather insights to create customised products; and use digital media to make dense documentation more comprehensible.
Professor Shlomo Benartzi of UCLA's Behavioral Decision-making Group elaborates in an interview conducted at the 2019 General Assembly in Buenos Aires.
2019年ジュネーブ協会エルンスト・マイヤー賞（2019 Geneva Association Ernst Meyer Prize）はゲーテ大学（Goethe University）（フランクフルト）クリスチャン・クビッツァの論文、「金融の安定性と市場に関する小論文（Essays on Financial Stability and Markets）」と、エコール・ポリテクニーク（Ecole Polytechnique）（パリ）アレクシス・ルーアスの論文、「破滅的リスクの保険引受能力（Insurability of Catastrophic Risks）」に授与されました。
歌德大学(Goethe University)（法兰克福）的Christian Kubitza（因其题为《金融稳定与市场文集》(Essays on Financial Stability and Markets)的论文）和Ecole Polytechnique（巴黎）的Alexis Louass（因其题为《灾难性风险可保性》(Insurability of Catastrophic Risks)的论文）获得了2019 Geneva Association Ernst Meyer Prize（日内瓦协会厄恩斯特-迈耶奖）。
