Leading international insurance economics think tank, The Geneva Association, today announced the appointment of Anna Maria D'Hulster as Secretary General and Managing Director. Ms D'Hulster has held a number of senior executive and Board roles in the ins urance industry and joins The Geneva Association from SwissQuant Group, Zurich, where she has been Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Management Board since 2013. 

Leading international insurance think tank, The Geneva Association, today announced that Dr Richard Peter has won its prestigious Ernst-Meyer Prize 2013 for an outstanding doctoral thesis.

The Geneva Association awards the prestigious Ernst-Meyer Prize annually for university research work in the form of a doctoral thesis which makes a significant and original contribution to the study of risk and insurance economics.

Leading international insurance think tank, The Geneva Association has today published a series of interviews from six senior insurance industry leaders at its 30th Programme on Regulation and Supervision (PROGRES) Seminar in Geneva, Switzerland on 24 and 25 March. The seminar brought together industry leadership with leading regulators and supervisors to discuss the growing complexity and sophistication of the multiple regulatory and supervisory regimes in insurance around the globe, and asked whether we are safer as a result.

International insurance economics think tank The Geneva Association today issued an analysis of the looming crisis facing state and municipal pension systems in the U.S. The report suggests that the non-payment of annual required contributions and excessive reliance on one source of funding in pension planning are among the most significant challenges to overcome.

Dr Mamiko Yokoi-Arai discusses the current role of risk modelling in risk transfer for middle- to low-income countries, and suggests recommendations on expanding the use of risk models to improve risk mitigation and risk transfer. Recorded at the 2017 Extreme Events and Climate Risk Forum - Scientific Seminar, co-organised with SCOR Foundation and hosted by SCOR. 

How Will Risk Modelling Shape the Future of Risk Transfer?

Professor Molly Jahn discusses the importance of mobilising data to inform risk modelling, and the opportunities presented by unconventional public private partnerships. Recorded at the 2017 Extreme Events and Climate Risk Forum - Scientific Seminar, co-organised with SCOR Foundation and hosted by SCOR. 

How Will Risk Modelling Shape the Future of Risk Transfer?

Professor Dame Julia Slingo discusses the need for improved partnerships between the scientific community and the insurance industry to enable the next generation of risk modelling tools. Recorded at the 2017 Extreme Events and Climate Risk Forum - Scientific Seminar, co-organised with SCOR Foundation and hosted by SCOR. 

How Will Risk Modelling Shape the Future of Risk Transfer?

Paul Nunn discusses the next generation of risk models, the challenges of developing a more holistic risk modelling framework, and the role that the insurance industry can play. Recorded at the 2017 Extreme Events and Climate Risk Forum - Scientific Seminar, co-organised with SCOR Foundation and hosted by SCOR. 

How Will Risk Modelling Shape the Future of Risk Transfer?

Ian Branagan discusses the lessons learned from 25 years of experience with natural catastrophe risk models, and the challenges of achieving connectivity across the public and private sectors. Recorded at the 2017 Extreme Events and Climate Risk Forum - Scientific Seminar, co-organised with SCOR Foundation and hosted by SCOR. 

How Will Risk Modelling Shape the Future of Risk Transfer?