The Geneva Association has awarded the Ernst Meyer Prize, presented in recognition for a doctoral thesis which makes a significant contribution to the study of risk and insurance economics, to Dr Arnaud Goussebaïle for his dissertation on Prevention and Insurance of Natural Disasters.
In light of the implications of our changing climate, The Geneva Association is calling on delegates now meeting in Warsaw for the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties to recognise the importance of countrywide disaster risk reduction measures and risk-conscious urban planning and building standards. In a report published in June, the Association provided a series of case studies to show the effective forms of collaboration between governments and insurers that create greater physical and financial resilience from disasters.
This paper is intended to be a primer on insurance regulation, including key analyses vital to the discussion around systemic risk and regulation.
The aim of this paper is to elaborate on the characteristics and management of variable annuities and to evaluate how variable annuities should be considered in the discussion on systemic risk in the insurance industry.
The 2016/2017 Annual Report of The Geneva Association.
At the 14th Annual Round Table of Chief Risk Officers (ART of CROs) hosted by MAPFRE in Madrid, Manuel Aguilera, General Manager MAPFRE Economic Research, talks about the signals of economic recovery expected in 2017-2018.
Maryam Golnaraghi - Director of Extreme Events and Climate Risk, The Geneva Association - discusses the role of (re)insurance in the three international framework agreements to globally address the challenges presented by climate change.
Recorded at Climate Action 2016, Washington DC, 5-6 May 2016.
Professor Dame Julia Slingo, Chief Scientist UK Met Office and Senior Climate Advisor to UK Government and World Meteorological Office, discusses our changing weather, the science of modeling it and the importance of sharing MetOffice data with insurers.
Recorded at the 43rd General Assembly of The Geneva Association, Rome, 8-11 June 2016.
Dr Maryam Golnaraghi describes the implications of insurance being part of the recent Global Framework Agreement signed at COP21 in Paris.
Read the paper online:
COP21 Paris Agreement: What Does It Mean for the (Re)insurance Sector
The use of genetic information for life, disability, critical illness and long-term care insurance is likely to increase in relevance. This report represents an attempt to understand key aspects of genetics, as well as limitations and controversies of its utilisation in life insurance.
